Rebel units argue over their share of booty.
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.
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.
Will they hold good ideas back or "seed" them with others to give themselves a chance of sharing the booty?
Feeling in Pakistan apparently was in favor of aiding the Pathans in their conquest and, at the end, sharing the booty.
Men eager for a share of the booty signed up for terrible hardship, or worse.
The temples were in the custody of priests, who enjoyed prestige and authority even in the eyes of the chiefs and received tribute and shares of military booty.
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.
