The Great Arab Conquests (81 page)
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Authors: Hugh Kennedy
h
Meaning sub-Saharan Africa, certainly an exaggeration.
i
Ancient Amul.
j
Khagan, and the alternative khan, were traditional Turkish titles meaning ruler or chief.
k
The
shakiriya
were the military and domestic following of Central Asian aristocrats at the time. They were a group of young men who undertook domestic and household tasks in times of peace but could become a band of warriors in times of war.
shakiriya
were the military and domestic following of Central Asian aristocrats at the time. They were a group of young men who undertook domestic and household tasks in times of peace but could become a band of warriors in times of war.
l
The Arabic word used is
jawsaqayn
.
jawsaqayn
.
m
Abū Mutarrif Wakī
c
b. Hassān al-Tamīmi.
c
b. Hassān al-Tamīmi.
n
Al-Musayyab b. Bishr al-Riyāhī.
o
The Friday sermon was the one occasion on which the governor could address the leading Muslims of the city and make public pronouncements about current political issues.
p
Samh b. Mālik al-Khawlānī.
q
Anbasa b. Sulaym al-Kalbī.
r
c
ala ū al-bahr
.
ala ū al-bahr
.
s
That is, using the old late Byzantine style of dating by the fifteen-year indiction.
t
Black was the court colour of the Abbasid caliphs from 750 onwards.
What’s hidden will be worse than what is known
And stony-hearted kings will seize the throne.
No man will trust his son and equally
No son will trust his father’s honesty.
What’s hidden will be worse than what is known
And stony-hearted kings will seize the throne.
No man will trust his son and equally
No son will trust his father’s honesty.
u
Sasanian shāh who ruled 420-38 and who was considered the epitome of the courtly
warrior, a great hunter and patron of musicians.
warrior, a great hunter and patron of musicians.
v
A reference to the great traditional Iranian feast of Nawruz, the New Year, which is celebrated in March as the crops are beginning to sprout.
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