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Amir akhur (high equerry; master of the royal stables)

أمير آخور

Amir akhur, from the Persian mir akhur, 'high equerry', one of the highest officials of Oriental courts. Under the Mamluks he supervised the royal stables; he was generally an amir of a thousand with three amirs of forty under him, and in the Circassian period he ranked fourth among the grand amirs 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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Meaning and office

Amir akhur, in Persian mir akhur, "high equerry", was one of the highest officials in the courts of Oriental princes. 1

Under the Mamluks

Under the Mamluks the amir akhur supervised the royal stables. He was generally an amir of a thousand, and had three amirs of forty under his orders. In the Circassian period he ranked fourth among the grand amirs. 1

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 464
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