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The slave soldier (called ghulam and, from the 11th century, mamluk) became a member of a new military elite that steadily took control of Abbasid politics.
803 2001
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A prominent Pakistani attorney and activist told me last year that the prevailing attitude among Pakistanis is that their government is either a complete ghulam (servant) of the US or a toothless, complicit partner, since "the road to Islamabad leads to the White House."
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As we rode I told him of my childhood in Khursasan province, of how I had been sold to the army of the eastern Caliphs when still a boy, to be trained as a ghulam warrior.
The Substance of a Dream Megan Arkenberg 2008
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“An honourable wound from the lance of a ghulam not unlike yourself.”
Archive 2008-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008
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“An honourable wound from the lance of a ghulam not unlike yourself.”
The Substance of a Dream Megan Arkenberg 2008
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I was in the prime of life then – not yet in my thirtieth year - as strong and ferocious a ghulam warrior as one could hope to meet and mounted upon a steed that could easily outdistance any horse should force of arms prove insufficient.
The Substance of a Dream Megan Arkenberg 2008
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I was in the prime of life then – not yet in my thirtieth year - as strong and ferocious a ghulam warrior as one could hope to meet and mounted upon a steed that could easily outdistance any horse should force of arms prove insufficient.
Archive 2008-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008
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We made a strange pair, Lucien of Rossilion and I–the burly Nazarani with his dusty red tunic and black cloak and the young ghulam in his flowing white robes and turban.
Archive 2008-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008
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As we rode I told him of my childhood in Khursasan province, of how I had been sold to the army of the eastern Caliphs when still a boy, to be trained as a ghulam warrior.
Archive 2008-03-01 Megan Arkenberg 2008
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We made a strange pair, Lucien of Rossilion and I–the burly Nazarani with his dusty red tunic and black cloak and the young ghulam in his flowing white robes and turban.
The Substance of a Dream Megan Arkenberg 2008
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