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AP World History Chapter 7
- The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras
- The Reign of al-Mahdi
- -Third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, tried to reduce Shi'a opposition and failed
- -Shi'a revolts and assassination attempts against Abbasid officials plagued
the dynasty
- -al-Mahdi broke the habits of his predecessor, establishing a taste for luxury
and monumental building, and surrounded himself with wives, concubines,
and couriers. This led to a massive financial drain.
- -al-Mahdi (most critically) failed to solve the problem of succession. His eldest
son was poisoned a year after al-Mahdi's death, but civil war was avoided.
- -Harun al-Rashid succeeded al-Mahdi.
- -Harun al-Rashid succeeded al-Mahdi.
- -al-Mahdi (most critically) failed to solve the problem of succession. His eldest
son was poisoned a year after al-Mahdi's death, but civil war was avoided.
- -al-Mahdi broke the habits of his predecessor, establishing a taste for luxury
and monumental building, and surrounded himself with wives, concubines,
and couriers. This led to a massive financial drain.
- -Shi'a revolts and assassination attempts against Abbasid officials plagued
the dynasty
- -Third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, tried to reduce Shi'a opposition and failed
- Imperial Extravagance and Succession Disputes
- -Emissaries sent in the early 9nth century to Baghdad
from Charlemagne showed that Harun al-Rashid shared
his father's tastes.
- -The luxury of Harun's court are portrayed in The
Thousand and One Nights, set in the Baghdad of his day.
- -Harun became dependent on a family of Persian advisors.
- -The first civil war for the throne convinced the sons of
al-Ma'mun (winner of the war) to build personal armies in
anticipation of the next fight for the throne.
- -The victor of the next war had recruited a "bodyguard" of
4,000 slaves, mostly Turkic-speaking nomads from central
Asia. After becoming caliph, this force increased to more
than 70,000.
- -This army soon became its own power. In 846 slave
mercenaries murdered the reigning caliph and placed one of
his sons on the throne.
- -Over the next decade, four more caliphs were murdered.
From this time onward, the leaders of the slave mercenary
armies were often the real power behind the Abbasid throne
and were major in the struggles for the throne.
- -The mercenaries were also the catalyst for periodic food
riots when the price of staples rose too sharply.
- -The mercenaries were also the catalyst for periodic food
riots when the price of staples rose too sharply.
- -Over the next decade, four more caliphs were murdered.
From this time onward, the leaders of the slave mercenary
armies were often the real power behind the Abbasid throne
and were major in the struggles for the throne.
- -This army soon became its own power. In 846 slave
mercenaries murdered the reigning caliph and placed one of
his sons on the throne.
- -The victor of the next war had recruited a "bodyguard" of
4,000 slaves, mostly Turkic-speaking nomads from central
Asia. After becoming caliph, this force increased to more
than 70,000.
- -The first civil war for the throne convinced the sons of
al-Ma'mun (winner of the war) to build personal armies in
anticipation of the next fight for the throne.
- -Harun became dependent on a family of Persian advisors.
- -The luxury of Harun's court are portrayed in The
Thousand and One Nights, set in the Baghdad of his day.
- -Emissaries sent in the early 9nth century to Baghdad
from Charlemagne showed that Harun al-Rashid shared
his father's tastes.
- Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder
- The Reign of al-Mahdi
- An Age of Learning and
Artistic Refinements
- The Coming of Islam to South
Asia
- The Spread of Islam to Southeast
Asia
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