Index
eAbbfidb.
Ziyfid
b.Abihi, 121
Abbfis,al-(sonofal-Ma’mfin), 157
Abbasidcaliphs, 66
Abbasid
dynasty,
xxi,88,129,130,
160,192;alliancewith
T’angdy-
nasty,
177;
armycomposition,
174-81
began
asquasi-religious
movement,174;declineof,158,
160-61;recruitmentof
military
slaves,146-53,157-58,180-81;
useof
military
slavesby,xxii,47,
51,55,194;unfreefightfor,
135-39;
weakness
of,
177-79
Abbasidmovement,175-77
Abbasid
period,
first,108,204;un-
freefightingin,131-39
CAbbfisiya, 137
CAbd
(term),
xxvi,15,195-98
eAbdal-CAzizb.
Marwhn, 124
eAbdal-.Hamid, 187
cAbdallhhb.MuChwiya, 129
CAbdallhh
b.
MuChwiya
b.
CAbdallhh,
131
cAbdallhhb.
Tthir,
146, 147
CAbdal-Malik(caliph),xxiii,122, 124,
126,141,142,189,
191
CAbd
ar-Rah.mhn
b.
Muwiya,
172,
187,188,191,192n/32
cAbdRabbihas-Saghir, 122
cAbidal-Bukhhri,21,
50n121
.4bh/(term),
195
Abnh
’, 179
AbhcAli(mawla),115, 116
AbfiCAmir, 165
AbfieAmraKaysn,118, 190
AbfiBakr(caliph),
113
Ab5
H.
anifa, 94
Abfi
Jahm,
132
Abfi
Miryam,
115
AbfMuslim,131-32,174-75,176,
186
Ab6Salama, 132
Abfi’s-Saj, 207
Ab’s-Sarfyf,135,138, 191
Abf
Sufyhn,
165-66
AbfiYfisuf, 70
Adawi,al-, 94
Africa,sub-Saharan,xvi,72;military
slavesfrom,52-53,95;useofmil-
itary
slaves
in,3,38-39,
55
Africa,North,xv,xvi,48,57,124;
khumsfrom,142;slavesfrom,
193n/38
Afshin,al-,154,156,
190,
207
Aghlabiddynasty,
177n71
A.hgtbsh,
165;term,164n26
Ahlal-Qurr’, 123
AhlBaghdgtd, 179
AI3mad
b.
Tfilfin,51,149
Ahwaz,
siege
of, 141
CAjam,
137, 183
CAlam(Najahid),23n29
Albania,
xiv
Alib.AbiTlib,66,111,114-15
callb.qs,134, 135
Aliens,as
militaryslaves,
8
Allies,asalternativeto
military
slaves,
86-92
Almohad
dynasty,
48
Almoravid
dynasty,
48
eAmmrb.
Yfisir,
116
Amazons,35n53
AmeerAli,144n28
AmericanCivilWar,32,34;Confed-
eracy,25n5,29,30,34,42-44;
slavesassoldiersin,25r0,29,30,
42-44
AmericanWarof
Independence,
32
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