Origin of Afshin Dear Atabek Some of the sources mentioned are not scholarly or outdated What are the qualifications of these authors relative to Bosworth Bernard Lewis and Daniel Pipes who did his work on this topic D Pipes Turks in Early Muslim Service JTS 1978 2 85 96 Note I am talking about the qualification of these A Rose Hugh James Rose Henry John Wright Thomas 1848 New general biographical dictionary Volume 2 Fellowes p 424 the whole force of the khalifate was directed under a Turkish general of great celebrity named Afshin to crush this monstrous sect 1848 B Hasan Masudul 1998 History of Islam Volume 1 Islamic Publications p 224 After the failure of some campaigns Mutasim sent a large force under his Turkish General Haider Afshin to suppress the revolt and capture the Brigand at all costs What is the scholarly qualification C Chisholm Hugh 1910 The Encyclop dia britannica a dictionary of arts sciences literature and general information The Encyclop dia Britannica Company p 48 ISBN 0742562964 Motasim made Afshin a Turkic prince who had distinguished himself already in the days of Mamun governor of Media with orders to take the lead of the war against Babak 1910 is outdated D Glass Cyril 2008 The new encyclopedia of Islam Rowman Littlefield p 80 ISBN 0742562964 the Turkic general Afshin subdued Babak by taking the fortress of Badh in 222 837 The person is not a university academic Please provide justification on what level these sources are on the same level as Bosworth Bernard Lewis and specialized article on Turks in early Muslim service H M Balyuzi G Ronald the University of Michigan 1976 Afshin was of princely descent his ancestors having ruled Transoxania and he was not a Turk but an Iranian I don t think we need mediation on this issue but I see no justification for given the same weight for academic sources as non academic sources