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The Ghilman System: Slave Soldiers Who Became Kings
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the ghilman system — a military institution that shaped the Islamic world for centuries. They trace its origins under the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim, who created a slave soldier corps to secure his rule, only to see it spiral into factional strife in Samarra. The conversation follows the career of Ahmad ibn Tulun, a ghulam who broke away to found an independent dynasty in Egypt, and then examines how the system evolved under the Samanids, with commanders like Alp Tegin establishing the Ghaznavid state. Lucas explains the economics of the slave…
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