All in the Family? Al-Mutaims Succession to the Caliphate as Denouement to the Lifelong Feud between al-Mamūn and his Abbasid Family
Abstract This article contends that the caliph al-Mutaim came to power as the result of Abbasid opposition to his predecessor al-Mamūn whose rule is generally considered the ‘Golden Age’ of the caliphate. This opposition had already started during the Civil War between al-Amīn and al-Mamūn and it co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2010
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Oriens
Year: 2010, Volume: 38, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 77-88 |
| Further subjects: | B
decline of Abbasid Caliphate
B al-Mamūn B isha B al-Abbās b. al-Mamūn B Ibn Ā B al-Mutaim B Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī B Abbasid Caliphate |
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