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withthe

disappearance

ofArabian

groupfeeling,

theannihila-

tionofthe

(Arabian)people,

and

complete

destructionof

(Ara-

bianethnic

pride),

the

caliphate

lostits

identity(andpower)

’’6

(Muq,

1:246/277,280/314-15,

375-76/427).

23.

A1-Maqrizi (845/1442): al-Ma’mfin

"bought

numerous

Turksandincreasedthe

prices

for

them,paying

sometimesas

muchas200,000dirhamsforone

mamlk.His

brother

Abfi

Ish.

8q

al-MuCtas.im

followedhis

example

HeoustedtheArabians

from the

MilitaryRegister

and

stopped

their

pay.

Ever

since,they

havenotreceived

pay[from

the

MilitaryRegister].

"HeintroducedtheTurksintheirstead.HeshedArabian

clothesand

put

onthoseofthenon-Arabians

(CAjam)

Ara-

bianruleceasedtoexistwithhimandbecauseofhim.Sincehis

time,

theTurks

(against

whom

the

Prophet

calledusto

fight)

havebecometherulersofthe

[Muslim]kingdoms.

’’7

(an-Niz8

,

p.63).

24.

A1-Maqrizi

and

as-Suyt.i (911/1505):

"al-MuCtas.im

was

thefirsttoentertheTurksontothe

MilitaryRegister"(as-Sulftk,

16 Ta’rkh

24).

25. Ibn
    Taghri

Birdi

(874/1470):

"Inthis

year

[220/835],

al-

Mutaim

concerned himselfwith

procuring

Turks. He

sent

[buyers]to

Samarqand,Farghana,

andtheirdistrictsto

purchase

them.He

spentmoney

freelyonthem,dressedtheminvarious

silkbrocadesandbeltsof

gold.Hecontinued

purchasing

them

untiltheirnumberreached8,000mamlfks.Or

18,000,

thebetter

knownnumber"

(an-Nuj(zm,2:233).

26. An-Nahrawli (990/1582): "He was the first to enter

Turks onto the
Military Registers. He imitated the Persian

(A?jim)kings.

HisTurkish

ghulms

reached

18,000

in

number.

Hesent

money

to

Samarqand

and

Farghana

to

purchase

Turks.

He

dressedthemin

gold

collarsandbrocade"(al-Al?m,

p.123).

27. Diyb

al-Iklidi

(wrote 1100/1688): "He was known as

as-S.affh,

theSecond

becauseherenewedtheAbbasid

kingdom

by
establishing

theTurksashisservilecreatures"

(Acl?zm

an-NSs,

p.256).

6.

AdoptedfromRosenthal’stranslation.

7.

Adopted

from

Ayalon,"Reforms,"p.

24.