In about three days, this group of Shiite believers and some Turkic people who were likely also Shiites gathered two thousand fighting-age men. Fewer than two hundred of them wore Iron Armor, and about four hundred wore Leather Armor.
Most of those in Leather Armor or Iron Armor had Helmets and proper weapons—a Sword or a Long Spear—while the rest carried axes, files, sickles, or sharpened hoes.
Musa proudly dubbed it the Army of the Imam, but if Eric were that Imam, he would have promptly returned to Heaven to await a better opportunity.
