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dar\, 302; Rawand\, 347–8; 0usayn\, 128, 172, tr. 85 and n. 377, 114; Ibn al-Ath\r, XI,
184, tr. Chronicle, Part 2, 61, and XII, 94, tr. Chronicle, Part 2, 407), „faithfulness,
trust“, in early usage often found for a „confidant, confidential minister“ (Clauson,
ED, 187; Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 63–4; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, I, 318–19).
14. KÜL-SARÏGH, commander of Alp Arslan and, earlier, his Atabeg
(0usayn\, 28, tr. 26 and n. 115; Ibn al-Ath\r, IX, 585, tr. Annals, 85), a name made
up of the early Turkic princely title kül and sarï(gh) „pale-complexioned, fair“
(Clauson, ED, 715, 848; Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 654; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, II, 389,
634–5).
15. MENGÜ-BARS, name of a grandson of Alp Arslan and of a commander of
Sultan Ma1mud (II) b. Mu1ammad (I) and Atabeg (Bundar\, 125; Rawand\, 208;
0usayn\, 88, tr. 62; Ibn al-Ath\r, X, 398. tr. Chronicle, Part I, 96, and X, 534, tr. Chronicle,
Part 1, 189), from menggü, benggü „eternal. heavenly“ and the loan word from
Persian bars „leopard, tiger, cheetah“, perhaps, in an Inner Asian steppe, forest
fringes and mountain context, „panther, snow leopard“ (Sauvaget, „Noms et surnoms
de Mamelouks“, 41, 43, 56; Doerfer, TMEN, IV, 28–30 no. 1744; Clauson,
ED, 350–1, 368; Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 655–6; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, II, 540.
16. ÖNER or ONAR, the name of Berk-yaruq’s ispahsalar, of a commander
of Sanjar’s and of the Amir Mu^\n al-D\n, lord of Damascus in the time of Sultan
Mu1ammad (II) b. Ma1mud (II) (Rawand\, 141; 0usayn\, 77, 132, tr. 55, 88; Ibn al-
Ath\r, X, 214, tr. Annals, 262, and 504, tr. Chronicle, Part 1, 168), „he will grow up,
come to the fore, prosper“ (Clauson, ED, 168–9; Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 681–3; Rásonyi-Baski,
OT, II, 594).
17. QARACHA, Qaracha al-Saq\, Atabeg of Sanjar’s nephew Malik Saljuq
Shah b. Mu1ammad (I) of Fars (Bundar\, 123; 0usayn\, 89, tr. 63; Ibn al-Ath\r, X,
552, tr. Chronicle, Part 1, 202), „dark-coloured, swarthy one“ or a diminutive „little
dark one“ (Sauvaget, „Noms et surnoms de Mamelouks“, 52; Sümer-Yazgan,
SA, II, 644–5; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, 432–3).
18. QARA-GÖZ, Toghrïl (III) b. Arslan Shah’s hajib or doorkeeper (Rawandi,
331), „black-eyed“, but as with Gümüsh-tegin/Kümüsh-tegin (above, no. 12),
possibly at this time Qara-köz (PG) (Sauvaget, „Noms et surnoms de Mamelouks“,
53; Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 645; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, II, 428).
19. QAYMAZ, commander of Alp Arslan’s and a governor of Ray in the time of
Toghrïl (III) b. Arslan Shah, also the name of many other ghulams of Seljuq times
(Rawand\, 263; 0usayn\, 179, tr. 118; Ibn al-Ath\r, X, 363, tr. Chronicle, Part 1, 72,
and XI, 230, tr. Chronicle, Part 2, 95), „he who does not deviate, turn aside, go
back“ (Sauvaget, „Noms et surnoms de Mamelouks“, 52; Clauson, ED, 674;
Sümer-Yazgan, SA, II, 648; Rásonyi-Baski, OT, II, 405–6).
20. QÏFCHAQ, name of the Qïfchaq b. Arslan Tash al-Turkman\ who was ruler
over the region of Shahrazur in the time of Mas^ud b. Mu1ammad (I), and of the