Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Sept 26, 2006 21:14:06 GMT 3
I had earlierly read in David Nicolle's Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries from the Osprey Series that some Oghuz Turk mercenaries served in Muslim Iberia in the 11th century. Today I found some interesting info about these in A. Zeki Velidî Togan's Umumî Türk Tarihi'ne Giriþ (Introduction to General Turkic History), Ýstanbul 1980 edition, page 180:
The Oghuz serving in Islâmic armies went as far as Maghrib (Northwestern Africa) and Andalusia where they served as mercenaries for the Muwahhidîn Dynasty. A Muslim Oghuz amîr (ruler) named Sha'ban had estates in Spain with the income of 7,000 dinars. The Oghuz serving in the Ayyûbid armies of Egypt set garnisons in Northeastern Africa, Upper Egypt, Syria and Hijaz. Some towns, like 'Îdhâb in Northwestern Arabia, were inhabited mostly or totally by the Oghuz Turks.
Besides these, we all know that a large number of Anatolian Turks migrated to North Africa where they became the ruling elite. However, most of these later became assimiliated into the Arabs and Berbers.
The Oghuz serving in Islâmic armies went as far as Maghrib (Northwestern Africa) and Andalusia where they served as mercenaries for the Muwahhidîn Dynasty. A Muslim Oghuz amîr (ruler) named Sha'ban had estates in Spain with the income of 7,000 dinars. The Oghuz serving in the Ayyûbid armies of Egypt set garnisons in Northeastern Africa, Upper Egypt, Syria and Hijaz. Some towns, like 'Îdhâb in Northwestern Arabia, were inhabited mostly or totally by the Oghuz Turks.
Besides these, we all know that a large number of Anatolian Turks migrated to North Africa where they became the ruling elite. However, most of these later became assimiliated into the Arabs and Berbers.
