Al-Mu'tasim, having succeeded his brother to become…

833 CE

Al-Mu'tasim, having succeeded his brother to become the eighth 'Abbasid caliph, concludes an indeterminate peace with Emperor Theophilos.

Al-Mu'tasim is the first caliph to employ the non-Muslim Berber, Slav, and especially Turkish mercenaries (who will later come to dominate the Abbasid dynasty).

To strengthen himself against the troublesome Khorasanians, Al-Mu'tasim inaugurates a policy of importing enslaved Turkish men and mercenaries to form a special military corps.

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Baghdad Baghdad Iraq View →

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Theophilos (emperor) View → al-Ma'mun View → al-Mu'tasim View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Khorasan, Greater View → Slavs, South View → Oghuz Turks View → Islam View → Khurramites View → Tahirid dynasty View →

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Arab-Byzantine Wars View → Islamic Golden Age View → Khurramites' Revolt View → Byzantine-Muslim War of 830-41 View →

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Weapons View → Slaves View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Technology View →

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