Itakh

Also known as Ītākh, İnak et-Türki

Aytākh or Ītākh al-Khazarī () was a leading commander in the Turkic army of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842 C.E.).

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Military person.name: Itakh إيتاخ
Military person.native_name: Ītākh al-Khazarī, Ītakh al-Tabbakh
Military person.birth_date: unknown
Military person.death_date: 849
Military person.death_place: Abbasid Caliphate
Military person.allegiance: Abbasid Caliphate
Military person.branch: Abbasid Turkic guard
Military person.serviceyears: 848
Military person.battles: Sack of Amorium, other Abbasid expeditions
Military person.children: unknown

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date of death: 0849-00-00
name in native language: İnak et-Türki

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Aytākh or Ītākh al-Khazarī () was a leading commander in the Turkic army of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842 C.E.).

As the nisba in his name suggests, he was a Khazar by origin, and is said to have been a slave working in the kitchen of Sallam al-Abrash al-Khadim—whence his nickname al-Tabbakh, "the cook"—before he was purchased as a ghulām by al-Mu'tasim in 815. He rose to become one of the senior commanders in al-Mu'tasim's "Turkic" guard, and participated in several expeditions such as the Sack of Amorium.