212 Appendix 5
’Abdallah answered: ’Even if I were
sitting
with 1,000
ghulms,
Iwouldnotwant
you
tobewithfour
ghulzms’ (Zayn,
p.
7).
- Ar-Rashid b.
az-Zubayr(5th/llth century):
"The
regu-
larly paid
force
(al-murtaziqa)
of
mawl{zs
during
his
caliphate
numbered70,000"(adh-Dhakhd’ir,
p.
214).
32.
Michael
(1199)
andBar
Hebraeus(1286):"Hefreedathis
death8,000Cabdswhohadbeen
purchased
withsilver.Andhe
left40,000horsesforthe
cavalry,
20,000
baggage
mules,and
30,000Cabdsforthestables"
(3:104 1:140).
33.
A1-Qazwini(682/1283):
"Itissaidthat
[Yah.ya
b.
Aktham,
a
high
officialunderal-Ma’mfin]
9
madeeffortstocollecthand-
some
youths
toserveasmamlzksofthe
caliph
[al-Ma’mfin].He
saidtothem:’Ifnotfor
you
wewouldnotbebelievers.’
"A1-Ma’mfinheardofthisandorderedthat 400 handsome
mamlfzks
goeveryday
tohisdoor;whenhewent
out,they
rodein
hisservicetothe
Caliph’spalace."
"Hisarmies increased
in
size
untilhismamlfzks numbered
70,000"
(Athr
al-Bild,
pp.
318,
385).
- Ibn
.Tiqt.aqa(709/1309):
"al-MuCta.sim
increasedthenum-
bersofmamlfzks"
(al-Fakhff,p.231).
- Ibn Shakir al-Kutubi (764/1363) and ad-Damiri
(808/
1405):
"He
had 8,000 mamlfzks" (Fawt al-Wafay{zt, 2:533
H.ayzh, 1:75).
III.
Tln
- Al-Balawi
(late
4th/10th
century)
andIbnSaeid
al-Maghribi
(685/1286):
".Tfilfin
wasofthe
Tughuz
Ghuzz.Hewastakento
al-Ma’mfin
by
Nfih.
b. Asad, the
governor
of Bukharaand
Khurasan,
when
Nfi.h
b.
Asadwasin
charge
ofthe
money,raqfqs,
workhorses,etc.,
everyyear.
This
happened
inthe
year
200/
816"
(Srat,p.
33
[Vollersed.,
Weimar,
1895]p.4).
- Ibn
al-Jawzi
(597/1200):
".Tfilfin
wasTurkish.
Nfih.
b.
Asad,
the
governor
of
Bukhara,senthimtoal-Ma’mfinin
200/
816"
(al-Munta.zim5:71).
9.On
him,
see
Sourdel,pp.238-42.