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Muslims

(continued)

elementsin

lifeof,59-62;

percent

of

population,

173,

181 primacyof

family

lifeof,73;readinessto

ac-

cept

converts,97;

relinquishment

ofpowerby,62-75,99-100,181,

194;slavesformed

disproportion-

atenumber

of,109;viewof

slavery,

13-15;warfare

prohibitedamong,

65

MuCtad.

id,al-

(caliph),

xxi

Mu.tarrif

(rebel), 122

MuCtas.im,al-(caliph),xxii,20n26,21,

99n103,107,

139,143n24,189,

193;

acquisition

ofslaves

by,

146-48;

delegation

of

powerby,

153-54;as

developer

of

military

slavery,151-53,160;

major

mili-

tarycampaignsof,153;numberof

military

slavesof,147-48;sources

onuseof

military

slaves,

205-14;

Turkish

military

slavesinserviceof,

51,149, 150,153-57

Mutawakkil,al-

(caliph),155, 157

Nabateans, 183

Nahrawali,an-, 210

Najahiddynasty, 52

Nakhl

(town), 133

Napoleon,

51

Napoleonic

Wars,39, 41

Nasrb.Sayyr,131,144-45, 186

Negroes.SeeBlacks

"NegroSoldierLaw,"43-44

Niger,

xiv

Nists(slave),165, 166

Ni.zm

al-Mulk,xx,69,199-201,

208

North

Africa.SeeAfrica,North

NorthAmerica.See

UnitedStates

Noth,A.,xxiii

Nubians, 143

Nu.h

b.

Asad, 146

Nurhaci, 37

Nuwayri,an-, 209

Index

Oman, 135

Omar[=

cUmar],Farouk,133, 134,

175n65

Oral

traditions:

historiography

of,

xxiv-xxv

Orientalist

view:ofIslamicatehistory,

3-4;of

slavery,

13-15

Ottoman

dynasty,

xixn/17,

21, 36,41,

51,58,61,88,97n98;

grand

viziers

of,17-18;revived

caliphate,

67;

slave

armyof,xx,xxi, 49

Oyo(WestAfrica),

39

Papoulia,B.,14,19,193n137

Pass,Battleofthe, 128

Patrimonialism,ascauseof

military

slavery,

61

Patriotism,71n35;replacedbyloyalty

to

umma,

69

Paul,Saint,100-01

Peking,

38

Persians,80,

183

Peru,32, 34

Planhol,Xavierde,xiv

Poitiers,Battleof, 56

Political

agents:

slavesusedas,11, 92

Portugal,

41 n81

Power:

acquiredbygovernment

slaves, 11

acquiredbymilitary

slaves,10,12;exerciseof,inmar-

ginalareas,79;Muslimwithdrawal

from,62-75,79-80

Prisonersofwar.See

Captives

Protestant

churches, 63

ProtestantReformation, 101

Qdisiya,

Battleof

al-,115,116, 141,

164

Qah.taba, 132

Qanbar(ghulm), 114

Qatri

b.

Fujea, 122

Qays

tribe, 120

Qazwini,

al-,158,

212

Qinnasrin(place),

124, 136

Quarles,Benjamin, 29