THE KHAQANID FAMILIES OF THE EARLY CABBASID PERIOD. From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: April 1, 2001| Author: GORDON, MATTHEW S. | COPYRIGHT 2001 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The present article seeks to tally the known members of two prominent families of the early [[blank].sup.[supset]]Abbasid caliphate, and to identify their ethnic origins. All indications are that the family of Khaquan [[blank].sup.[supset]]Urtuj was of Turkish origins but that the family joined the [[blank].sup.[supset]] military voluntarily. The family of Yahya b. Khaquan, by contrast, probably was of Iranian origin, and there is compelling evidence that Yahya and his offspring we...

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