The Armies of al-Mamūn in Khurāsān (193-202/809 — 817-18): Recruitment of its Contingents and their Commanders and their Social-Ethnic Composition

Abstract The following subjects are elaborated on in this article: a) The recruitment of commanders and military units in Marw. The most important was āhir b. al-usayn and other members of his family; b) The mobilization of a non-Arab army from Khurāsān and Transoxiana; c) A discussion on the three...

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Main Author: Elad, Amikam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2010
In: Oriens
Year: 2010, Volume: 38, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 35-76
Further subjects:B al-Fal b. Sahl
B Ahl Khurāsān
B Mamlūks (as slaves)
B Central Asia
B al-Amīn
B Early Abbāsī caliphate
B Alī al-Riā
B al-Mamūn
B āhir b. al-usayn / āhirids
B al-Shākiriyya
B al-Abnā
B military history of the Abbāsīs
B Sāmānīs
B Harthama b. Ayan
B al-Irāq
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