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Nizam al-Mulk :The Siyar al Muluk or Siyastnama (1091)
(The book of government of rules for kings)
(Written for his boss the ruler of the Seljuk tribes )
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From : The original translation.
(In a discussion about what size of army is required; )
I would have preferred that instead of 400,000 he had 700,000 because if he had more men, Ghaznain, Sind and India would be his; he would also have the whole of Turkistan, China and Machin; he would also have Yemen, Abyssinia, Barbar and Nubia, and in the Maghrib and Spain he would rule as far as Qairuwan .....
Note : The Somali coast (Berbera) seems to have been known and worthwhile conquering while the Zanj coast was not worthwhile mentioning. And it also seems that african slaves where common in Azerbaijan in 1091.
The army-commander of Abharbaygan owned (amid much other wealth) 1,700 Turkish, Rumi and Abyssinian slaves and 400 moon-faced slave-girls.