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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Baghir al-Turki, one of the Turks who murdered al-Mutawakkil. Al-Suyuti says that Wasif and Bugha killed al-Mutawakkil in 251 AH, and the Turks turned against al-Musta'in, and he feared and went down from Samarra to Baghdad. 2
Al-Mas'udi says that Bugha al-Saghir employed him and tested him in the killing of al-Mutawakkil, so he went in to him with ten men with masked faces and struck him with the sword. 3
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 555
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.555
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.503-506
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islam.museum contributors. “باغر التركي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/baghir-al-turki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.