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Killing of Wasif al-Turki

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253 AH

In 253 Wasif al-Turki was killed in Shawwal, after groups of troops caused disorder demanding their pay. Al-Mu'tazz then transferred the affairs that had been in Wasif's hands to Bugha al-Sharabi 1. According to al-Mas'udi, the people of the Karkh quarter of Samarra, of the Faraghina and the Turks, fell upon him, and Bugha got clear of them; Salih ibn Wasif was put in his father's place 2.

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Wasif al-Turki was killed in Shawwal 253 AH, after groups of soldiers caused unrest demanding their stipends. Al-Mu'tazz then placed the affairs that had been in Wasif's hands under Bugha al-Sharabi. 1

Al-Mas'udi's account

Al-Mas'udi says that the Pharaonic and Turkish people of the Karkh quarter of Samarra attacked him, and Bugha escaped from them. Al-Mu'tazz set Salih ibn Wasif in his father's place. 2

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.9 p.374
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 552
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