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  • 13 - Rulers, Ḥanābila, and Shiʿis: The Unravelling Social Cohesion of Fourth/Tenth-Century Baghdad

  • from Part III - Communities
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  • Edited by Edmund Hayes, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
    Published online:
    06 December 2024
    Print publication:
    28 November 2024, pp 381-400
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    The present study examines three aspects of the political and military behavior of the general public, and more specifically that of the Ḥanābila, between 311/923 to 323/935. During those twelve years the Abbasid caliphs lost control of large parts of their empire, and their capital, Baghdad, witnessed increasing chaos. The first aspect that is examined is how the inhabitants of Iraq reacted to the Qarāmiṭa attacks. The second focuses on the Ḥanābila’s behavior during that period and the distinct mark they left on Baghdadi politics. The third looks at the way in which the ruling elite confronted the Ḥanābila. These three perspectives tell part of the story of the unravelling of the socio-political commitments in Baghdad, and the role played by the general populace, and in particular, by the Ḥanābila, in the undoing of its social cohesion.