Turks under the Dominion of Abbasi State    

 

       There were great changes in the internal and foreign policies of the Islam State together with the Abbasi dynasty. First of all, the policy that had been followed by the Emevi dynasty was abandoned and instead of that policy, every Muslim was entitled with the equal rights. The element that was not composed of Arabians shouldered the burden of the revolution. The high-ranked posts in the state came into the possession of this group. Iranians had gotten great influence in particularly the post of vizier that came out first in the period of Abbasi State and in the other civil and high-ranked cadres. It is absolute that there were Turks among these people despite their little number. As a consequence, the first Turks that were privileged under the Abbasi dominion were Muhammmed b. Sul who was one of the commanders in the revolutionary troops, Tarhun b. el-Zai who had made propaganda in favour of Abbasi State in Merv and Tarhun el-Cemmal, one of the reliable fellows of Ebu Muslim.

        The number and influence of Turks within the state gradually increased. The resources state that the Caliph Ebû Ca'fer el-Mansûr was the first caliph who received the Turks among the military troops. It is well known that the troops of guardsmen pertaining to the Caliph Hârun el-Reşid were totally composed of Turks. On the other hand, it has been observed that there were some Turks among the volunteers who were settled in the border of the Byzantine that was reorganised and fortified in the period of Hârun el-Reşid. Similarly, it has been seen that the duty of fortification was even assigned to Ebu Süleym Ferec el-Hâdim el-Türkî in some cities. Pursuant to the death of Hârun el-Reşid (809), there was a turmoil of interregnum for the position of caliphate among his sons named as el-Emin and el-Me'mun. the developments experienced in the following years forced el-Me'mun to make serious changes in the staff cadres of the state.