HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Abbasid Caliphate, La Convivencia, Persianization
3 Nov 2020
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One reason was the rise of the "abbasid dynasty and the persianization of the islamic world. In 929 "abd ar-rahman iii became the first arab regional governor to assume the title of caliph, thus rendering permanent the break with baghdad begun two hundred years earlier. At first the implications of this assumption for spain were minimal, but upon "abd "ar-rahman"s death in 961 a storm of political rivalries broke out. Al-"andalus began to split into a variety of political factions which, given islam"s nature, took on religious significance. The breakaway caliphate itself began to break into rival petty princedoms. The faltering of muslim spain"s good fortune appeared to many to be the result of religious failure a failure specifically to rid the peninsula of non-muslims. The recapture of toledo in 1085 marked a decisive turning point: toledo had been the capital of the old visigothic kingdom and the metropolitan see of the.
