Bugha the Younger

Bugha al-Saghir, a Turkish amir in the Abbasid period. Al-Mas'udi relates that he took Bagir the Turk as a protege and filled his eye with gifts, and decided to kill al-Mutawakkil. He tested him three times: with his son Faris, then with his brother Wasif, then with al-Muntasir. When he was asked to kill al-Muntasir, Bagir said that the son is killed and the father remains, so let us begin with the father. Bugha then knew that Bagir would kill al-Mutawakkil, and they set about the plan. ²

Al-Mas'udi says that he left Samarra in 254 AH towards Mosul, and his clients plundered his house and his army broke away from him. He went down in a boat in disguise, and some Maghribis met him at the bridge of Samarra and killed him. His head was set up in Samarra and then in the City of Peace on the bridge. He relates that al-Mu'tazz in his lifetime did not enjoy sleep and did not take off his weapons, out of fear of him. ³