R S 358 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ghazan, Genghis Khan, Ali Al-Ridha
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These actions sparked the beginning of the rise of the alids as the ultimate source of power and legitimacy in rulership: khwarazm shah also set the precedent for the notion that an enshrined alid saint can be a substitute for the caliph by rebuilding a shrine at mashad for imam reza, the 8th imam, the not actually dead caliph nassir attempted to regain his authority back by sending his most trusted advisor, a member of the suhrawardi sufi order, to seek oaths of loyalty from minor kings, morever, he understood the allure of the alids and patronized six major alid shrines including that of the 12th imam to rival khwarazm shah, he also began the futuwwa; sufi esque orders in baghdad that venerated ali, both the sultan and the caliph adopted tactics that venerated ali in attempts to legitimize their rules.
