Appendix 5
213
- Ibn Khallikn (681/1282):
Ibn
Tfilfin’s
"father was a
mamlk
given
toal-Ma’mfinbyNfi.h
b.Asadthe
Samanid,the
governor
of
Bukhara.
Tfilfin
wasoneofa
group
of
raqqs
taken
toal-Ma’mfin
in200/816.
Tfilfin
diedin
240/854"
(Wafayt
al-
ACyn,1:173).
- Ibn
al-qbri
(1286):
"T51fin
wasaTurkish
mamlkofal-
Ma’mSn"(al-Mukhtaar,p.147).
- Ibn
Taghri
Birdi
(874/1469):
Ibn
.Tfilfin’s
"fatherwas
Tfilfin,
themawlof
Nfih.
b.Asad
b.SmntheSamanid,the
governor
ofBukharaand
Khurasan.
Nfih.
gave
him,in
a
group
ofmamlks,toal-Ma’mfin
b.ar-Rashid,whoraised
him until
.Tfilfin
becameoneoftheamirs"(an-Nujm,3:1).
IV. NoSlavery
Mentioned
- A1-Balfidhfiri
(279/892):
"AI-Ma’mfinusedtowritetohis
governors
ofKhurasan
to raidthose
peoples
of
Transoxiana
whohadnotsubmittedtoIslam.Healso
used
to
send
envoys
[there]
toenrollthosewhowerewilling[to
convert] ontothe
MilitaryRegister
[i.e.
they
became
soldiersforthe
caliph
when
they
becameMuslims].
Hewantedtoenrollboththe
people
and
the
princes
of
these
parts,
sohetreatedthemwell;whenthey
cametohim,hehonoredandfavoredthem.
"When
al-MuCta.sim
becamecaliph,
hedidthesametothe
point
thatmostofhismilitary
leaderscamefromTransoxiana:
Soghdians, Farghanians,
Ushrusanians,
peoples
of
Shash,and
others. [Even]
their
kings
cametohim.Islam spreadamong
thosewholivedthere,so
theybegan
raiding
theTurkswho
lived
beyond
them"(FB,
p.
341).
- Michael(1199):
"Heset
troops
tocombatthe
Zugwho
livedonthelakesintowhich the
Euphrates
and
Tigrisspill;
these
people
wereeverinrevoltandmolested
the
king
But
the
governmenttroops
could donothingagainst
them,
since
theyfought
inboats.Sothe
king[al-MuCta.sim]
sent
against
them
Egyptiancaptives
thathehad
brought
from
Egypt.They
were
usedtowaterandswamlikefish.[TheEgyptianssubsequently
beattheZug.]Whenthe
king
saw
the
Egyptians’
brilliant
featsof
armsincombat
against
theZug,
helikedthemandtook
anum-