- The
Faraghina (Arabic: الفراغنة al-Farāghinah,
definite plural of فرغاني Farghānī, "inhabitant of Farghanah") were a
regiment in the
regular army of the...
- Iran (most
famously the Turks, as well as the
Khurasani Ishtakhaniyya,
Faraghina and
Ushrusaniyya regiments) or
North Africa (like the Maghariba). Although...
-
contingent of his new army,
along with
other units such as the Turks, the
Faraghina, the Ushrusaniyya, and the shakiriyya.
Together with the rest of the army...
- al-Mu'tasim
along with many
other inhabitants of
Ferghana into his army (the
Faraghina regiment). His
family claimed royal descent; the name of his ancestor...
- regiments, were
granted allotments here,
including those of the Turks,
Faraghina, Ushrusaniyya, Maghariba, Ishtakhaniyya, Jund, Shakiriyya,
Arabs and Khurasanis...
-
October 29, 867, the
Turkish soldiers,
together with the
Ushrusaniyya and
Faraghina regiments, rioted,
demanding four
months of
their allotments. Bugha, Wasif...
-
other competing corps of the
caliphal army such as the
Maghariba or the
Faraghina,
which are no
longer mentioned after c. 870. Hugh
Kennedy sums up the...
- Samarra.
Compared to
other Transoxanian regiments in the army such as the
Faraghina or the Ushrusaniyya, however, they are
infrequently mentioned in the sources...
- two
retaliated by
plotting his downfall. On June 4, 863, the
Turks and
Faraghina marched out from
their cantonments in
Samarra and
advanced toward the...
-
other newly formed regiments from
Central Asia, such as the Turks, the
Faraghina, and the Ishtakhaniyya.
These soldiers soon
formed the
majority of the...
