MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Abbasid Caliphate, Abu Muslim, Mawla

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

Iranian malwa raised in iraq: organizes and leads rebel forces in khurasan (ne persia, becomes too popular, so the second caliph, al mansur, has him killed. Increases number of persians in government: fails to defeat umayyad prince who declared caliphate in spain. Islamic law codified, but society liberalized, except with regard to gender roles destroy it. Influences on the abbasids: byzantine\hellenistic translation of greek, roman, and indian texts, application of logic to study of quran, sassanid, court ritual and glorification of the emperor, wealthy persian aristocrats serve as administrators. Abbasid administration and mystification: ulama- somewhat independent islamic scholars who influence policy in accordance with scripture, no established clergy. Need their favor, but not unified enough to gain favor of all of them with one strategy. Shi"ism: share reverence for ali and husayn and rejection of abu bakr and other caliphs, zaydidi: need direct descendant of ali as political and religious authority, imami: descendant of husayn serves as spiritual leader, imam.