Muflih al-Turki

Muflih al-Turki (Arabic: مفلح التركي‎‎) (d. April 2, 872) was a Turkish military officer of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-9th century. He played a prominent role in the events known as the Anarchy at Samarra, but was killed in battle against the Zanj rebels of southern Iraq.

Muflih was a close associate of the general Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir, possibly serving as his chief lieutenant. He is first mentioned by the chronicler al-Tabari during the civil war of 865–866, in which he was a member of the army that besieged Baghdad. After the war, he followed Musa to al-Jibal when the latter was appointed governor there in 867. During his time in al-Jibal he served as Musa's second in command and undertook several military expeditions, defeating the Dulafid 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Abu Dulaf near Hamadhan and al-Karaj and attacking the inhabitants of Qumm.

In 869, Muflih entered the province of Tabaristan, which was controlled by the Zaydid rebel al-Hasan ibn Zayd. He was able to defeat al-Hasan and occupy both Sari and Amul. He then set out for the region of al-Daylam, where al-Hasan had fled to, but he was recalled en route by Musa, who had decided to depart for the capital Samarra. He therefore abandoned Tabaristan, allowing al-Hasan to restore his rule there.

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