The shākiriyya were a regular cavalry regiment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the "Samarra period" in the 9th century. Probably of Khurasani and Iranian origin...

rioters included not only the "market rabble" but also mercenaries from the Shakiriyya troops. The riot was down by the Maghariba and Ushrusaniyya regiments...

who were followed by their personal retinues (Persian chakar, Arabic shākiriyya). Likewise, the motives behind the formation of the Turkish guard action...

of the Turks, Faraghina, Ushrusaniyya, Maghariba, Ishtakhaniyya, Jund, Shakiriyya, Arabs and Khurasanis. Several bureaucrats, Abbasid princes and other...

pushing them into poverty. The caliph also created a new army, known as Shakiriyya, which recruited from anti-Alid areas, such as Syria, al-Jazira (Upper...

toward God") and from 944 to 950 started minting coins called mathaqil shakiriyya. These moves irritated the Fatimid government, which decided to put an...

Basra after the general Wasif al-Turki accused him of engaging with the shakiriyya troops in a suspicious manner. He was eventually allowed to return to...

received land grants. On campaign, they were accompanied by retainers (shākiriyya) and reinforced by volunteers (mutaţawwiʿa). The division into ajnad continued...

other units such as the Turks, the Faraghina, the Ushrusaniyya, and the shakiriyya. Together with the rest of the army, they were granted their own section...

contingents, as well as the ruler of Juzjan and his personal retinue (shakiriyya) and the contingents of the Syrian districts of Filastin (under Mus'ab...

commanders after him, as quasi-dictators over a powerless, puppet caliph. Shakiriyya Janissaries EI2. Kennedy 2001, p. 157. Kennedy 2001, pp. 157, 158. Kennedy...