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Amajur al-Turki (Arabic: أماجور التركي) (also
known as Majur,
Anajur and Majura) was a
Turkic military officer for the
Abbasid Caliphate. He
served as...
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created during the
early Abbasid Caliphate was the
Amajur Qur'an. This Qur'an was
endowed by
Amajur al-Turki—the
Abbasid Governor of
Damascus from 870...
- Ibn al-Shaykh's
revolt was
crushed soon
after by
another Turkish soldier,
Amajur al-Turki, who
continued to
govern Syria for the
Abbasids until his death...
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thick margins, few lines, and
large spaces between words, much like the
Amajur Quran,
which contained three lines per
horizontal page. More
common features...
- al-Shaykh al-Shaybani,
rebel governor (c. 870)
Amajur al-Turki (870–878) to
Tulunid Egypt (877–904) Ali ibn
Amajur al-Turki (878)
Ahmad ibn
Wasif Tughj ibn...
- the
jihad against the Byzantines. At this time, the
governor of Syria,
Amajur, died, and his son Ali was
appointed as his
successor despite his youth...
- army
under the Turk
Amajur al-Turki, who was
named governor of Damascus.
Initially based in Tyre, Isa
managed to push back
Amajur's numerically much inferior...
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Maronites in 874. The
Amajur Qur'an, a Mus'haf made for
Amajur,
Abbasid governor of
Damascus in the 870s, is
donated in 876 AD (by
Amajur himself) to a mosque...
