- The
shākiriyya were a
regular cavalry regiment of the
Abbasid Caliphate in the "Samarra period" in the 9th century.
Probably of
Khurasani and
Iranian origin...
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rioters included not only the "market rabble" but also
mercenaries from the
Shakiriyya troops. The riot was down by the
Maghariba and
Ushrusaniyya regiments...
- of the Turks, Faraghina, Ushrusaniyya, Maghariba, Ishtakhaniyya, Jund,
Shakiriyya,
Arabs and Khurasanis.
Several bureaucrats,
Abbasid princes and other...
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pushing them into poverty. The
caliph also
created a new army,
known as
Shakiriyya,
which recruited from anti-Alid areas, such as Syria, al-Jazira (Upper...
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toward God") and from 944 to 950
started minting coins called mathaqil shakiriyya.
These moves irritated the
Fatimid government,
which decided to put an...
- who were
followed by
their personal retinues (Persian chakar,
Arabic shākiriyya). Likewise, the
motives behind the
formation of the
Turkish guard action...
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received land grants. On campaign, they were
accompanied by
retainers (
shākiriyya) and
reinforced by
volunteers (mutaţawwiʿa). The
division into
ajnad continued...
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Basra after the
general Wasif al-Turki
accused him of
engaging with the
shakiriyya troops in a su****ious manner. He was
eventually allowed to
return to...
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other units such as the Turks, the Faraghina, the Ushrusaniyya, and the
shakiriyya.
Together with the rest of the army, they were
granted their own section...
- contingents, as well as the
ruler of
Juzjan and his
personal retinue (
shakiriyya) and the
contingents of the
Syrian districts of
Filastin (under Mus'ab...
