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=Timeline of the Byzantine–Arab Wars=

9th century
Eunuchs began to appear in the military, as well as at court, in the early ‘Abbasid period, often serving on the Byzantine frontier, like Faraj al-Khādim al-Turkī who rebuilt Tarsus in 170/787. The tradition was revived in the post- Samarra period when we find Yāzmān al-Khādim leading raids on Byzantine territory from Tarsus in 270–8/883–91. Eunuchs continued to lead expeditions from Tarsus as late as Thumal al-Khādim in 330/941–2.

10th century
The best known of all the military eunuchs was undoubtedly Mu’nis al-Khādim, al-Muqtadir’s main military commander. Fortunately this is supplemented by the work of Abū ‘Alī Miskawayh, whose Tajārib al-umam continues the story in much greater detail....The chronicle has its heroes and its villains and a clear philosophy of government. The main hero is ‘Alī b.‘Īsā, ‘the good vizier’, the classic image of the competent, honest, pious and forthright administrator. Along with him is his chief ally, the military leader Mu’nis al-Khādim (the Eunuch), who is again portrayed as competent, honest and loyal to the Caliph.