At a glance
Overview
Yarjukh al-Turki, a Turkish commander. He was in the ambush of Bayikbal against the caliph al-Muhtadi at Samarra 1.
The report
al-Mas'udi reports that when Bayikbal was exposed, the ambush came out. al-Muhtadi and his companions fled, and he entered Samarra seeking help from the common people. Then he was carried to the house of Yarjukh. Yarjukh and Musa ibn Bugha did not take part in the Turks' killing of him 1.
In al-Ya'qubi
Al-Ya'qubi says that after Bayakbak's death the Turk Yarjukh received the provinces he had held, Egypt among them, and wrote confirming Ahmad ibn Tulun in Egypt. 2 Among the events of 258 AH he records that Yarjukh was killed at Samarra and that his provinces, Egypt among them, passed to Ahmad, son of al-Muwaffaq ibn al-Mutawakkil, for whom prayers were then said from the pulpits of Egypt. 3
Connections
- Participated in
- Bayakbak's murder; Egypt's apanage passes to Yarjukh, 256/870
People and things also explored
Ahmad ibn Tulun· باكباك· Ibrahim ibn al-Mudabbir· Samarra· Bayakbak's murder; Egypt's apanage passes to Yarjukh, 256/870
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 559-560
- Tarikh al-Ya'qubi — Ahmad ibn Abi Ya'qub ibn Wadih al-Katib (ed. M. Th. Houtsma, Leiden: Brill, 1883) , vol. 2 p. 621
- Tarikh al-Ya'qubi — Ahmad ibn Abi Ya'qub ibn Wadih al-Katib (ed. M. Th. Houtsma, Leiden: Brill, 1883) , vol. 2 p. 624
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islam.museum contributors. “Yarjukh the Turk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yarjukh-al-turki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.
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