Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir

Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir (died 877 CE) was an Abbasid military leader of Turkic origin. Musa was the son of Bugha al-Kabir, one of the leading Turkish generals under Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842). He may have participated in or at least organized the assassination of Caliph al-Mutawakkil in 861. Upon Bugha's death in 862, Musa succeeded his father on his offices, and through his close association with the vizier and regent Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq, he became the most powerful general of the Abbasid Caliphate from 870 until his own death in 877. His sons Ahmad, Muhammad and al-Fadl likewise became senior military figures of the Caliphate, especially against the Zanj Rebellion.

Sources

Gordon, Matthew (2001), The breaking of a thousand swords: a history of the Turkish military of Samarra, A.H. 200–275/815–889 C.E., State University of New York Press, pp. 69ff., 89–90, 120ff., ISBN 978-0-7914-4795-6, http://books.google.com/books?id=G1cxAkNm61IC
Kennedy, Hugh N. (2001), The armies of the caliphs: military and society in the early Islamic state, Routledge, pp. 149ff., ISBN 0-415-25093-5, http://books.google.com/books?id=UIspERtZEHIC

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Name	Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir
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Short description	Turkish general
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Date of death	877
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