Rebel units argue over their share of booty.
Therefore, explains the writer, the victorious warriors of Sinjar divided the Yazidi women and children among themselves, "after one fifth of the slaves were transferred to the Islamic State's authority as khums", ie, the share of booty surrendered to early Muslim commanders.The fastidious theologians of IS are right in some respects.
They were the ones who developed the first pirate code of ethics, the Custom of the Coast, at the core of which was an explicit agreement about the sharing of booty, power, and responsibility called a chasse partie.
In addition to their pay, the men received donatives, shares of booty, and retirement bonuses from a special treasury (aerarium militare) established in ad 6 and maintained out of the sales tax and Roman citizens' death duties.
Men eager for a share of the booty signed up for terrible hardship, or worse.
The percentage comes from an Islamic scripture denoting the caliph's share of war booty and valuable minerals found within conquered territory.
That's the justification for the $2 trillion of subsidies doled out already to keep afloat distressed insurance companies, banks, Wall Street investment houses, and auto companies -- while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers.
Handing informants a share of the booty dates back centuries.
Still friends?" The CEO did try to save Wii face, though, by saying that it has the second highest share of Wii booty, second to Nintendo.
Gregory Hayes, United Technologies CEO, gets his share of the booty.
The first battle between the league and the Mongols was indecisive, but the Mongols managed to persuade the Cuman to abandon the alliance by reminding them of the Turkic-Mongol friendship and promising them a share of the booty gained from the Caucasian tribes.
