Nizam Al Muluk being assassinated
(The book of government of rules for kings)
(Written for his boss the ruler of the Seljuk tribes )
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From : The original translation.
(In a discussion about what size of army is required; )
I would have preferred that instead of 400,000 he had 700,000 because if he had more men, Ghaznain (5), Sind (6) and India would be his; he would also have the whole of Turkistan (1), China and Machin (7); he would also have Yemen, Abyssinia, Barbar and Nubia, and in the Maghrib and Spain he would rule as far as Qairuwan (2) .....
Note : The Somali coast (Berbera) seems to have been known and worthwhile conquering while the Zanj coast was not worthwhile mentioning. And it also seems that african slaves where common in Azerbaijan in 1091.
The army-commander of Abharbaygan (3) owned (amid much other wealth) 1,700 Turkish, Rumi (4) and Abyssinian slaves and 400 moon-faced slave-girls.
(Written for his boss the ruler of the Seljuk tribes )
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From : The original translation.
(In a discussion about what size of army is required; )
I would have preferred that instead of 400,000 he had 700,000 because if he had more men, Ghaznain (5), Sind (6) and India would be his; he would also have the whole of Turkistan (1), China and Machin (7); he would also have Yemen, Abyssinia, Barbar and Nubia, and in the Maghrib and Spain he would rule as far as Qairuwan (2) .....
Note : The Somali coast (Berbera) seems to have been known and worthwhile conquering while the Zanj coast was not worthwhile mentioning. And it also seems that african slaves where common in Azerbaijan in 1091.
The army-commander of Abharbaygan (3) owned (amid much other wealth) 1,700 Turkish, Rumi (4) and Abyssinian slaves and 400 moon-faced slave-girls.
(1) Turkistan: Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan, is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang.
(2) Qairuwan Qayrawan: Kairouan is a city in northern Tunisia.
(3) Abharbaygan: maybe Azerbaijan.
(4) Rumi: Rome
(5) Ghazni, historically known as Ghaznain or Ghazna, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana is a city in southeastern Afghanistan.
(6) Sindh now in Pakistan.
(7) in Tibet