Slaves in the Abbasid Caliphate

Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Mongol, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties in the Muslim world. They were purchased as military slaves, converted to Islam, and trained in martial and courtly skills. Upon completion of their training they were manumitted but remained part of the ruling military caste, forming elite regiments and, in some periods

Arab bibliographer and geographer (1179–1229)

Egyptian Mamluk Sultana d.1257

'''Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi (; 789– 857), commonly known as Ziryab,''' was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa, and Andalusia during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion.

Emir of Egypt and Syria from 868 to 884

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Al-Khayzuran bint Atta () (died 789) was the wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. She maintained de facto influence from 775 to 789 during the reign of her husband and sons and is known for her immense influence on state affairs.

Ruler of Ikhshidid Egypt and Syria (905–968)

singer,Poet of Abbasid period

calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph

Iraqi poet during abbasid era

Iraqi poet

Muslim admiral

'''Abu Ja'far Ashinas''' (; died 17 or 19 December 844) was a general of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim. One of the earliest and most prominent members of al-Mu'tasim's Turkic guard, he rose to become one of the leading figures of the empire under al-Mu'tasim, serving as a commander in the Amorium campaign, and playing a leading role in the purge of the old Abbasid elites that followed. He was also governor of Egypt from 834, as well as of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia from 838 on, although in practice he appointed deputies to govern in his stead. Under al-Mu'tasim's successor al-Wathiq, hi

Abbasid army commander (845/6–933)

Shāriyah (, born in al-Basra; died c. 870 CE) was an ‘Abbasid qayna (enslaved singing-girl), who enjoyed a prominent place in the court of Al-Wathiq (r. 842–847).

Shaghab () (died 933) was the mother of the eighteenth Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir (), and wielded a considerable influence over state affairs during the reign of her son. She was commonly referred to only as Umm al-Muqtadir (mother of al-Muqtadir) or al-Sayyida (the lady).

9th-century Abbasid Turkic military leader

Marājil (; d. 786) was an umm walad of caliph Harun al-Rashid and mother of caliph al-Ma'mun.

Abbasid commander-in-chief (died 902)

Arab poet of Abbasid period

Arabic poet, musician and singer of Abbasid period

first woman appointed as a judge in Islamic history

8th-century Sindhi Muslim scholar of hadith

courtier of the Abbasid harem during the reign of Caliph Al-Muqtadir (r. 908-929)

abbasid Provincial governor and Army general

10th-century Abbasid Harem official

Abu’l-Muhannāʾ Mukhāriq ibn Yaḥyā ibn Nāwūs () (), was one of the most distinguished singers of the Abbasid period, and a protege of the Barmakids and the caliphs from Harun al-Rashid to al-Wathiq.