Abbasid Caliphate: Amin and Mamun Race for Power

  October 25, 2020   Read time 1 min
Abbasid Caliphate: Amin and Mamun Race for Power
Amin and Mamun the sons of Harun Al Rashid both had strong claims of power and they raced for the position and Mamun won the race and ruled for 20 years.

Harun al-Rashid’s idyllic reign was followed by the struggle among his two sons, Amin and Ma’mun. Soon expanding to their military support among the Arab and Perso-Turkic factions (respectively) in the court, this struggle threatened to end the Abbasid power altogether. Abdullah al-Mam’mun finally came out as the winner in 813 and ruled until 833, continuing and expanding the cultural renaissance of the period of his father. It was under al-Ma’mun’s rule that the first centers of translation= and learning were established in Baghdad, where great works of Indian, Persian, Greek, and Syriac learning were translated into Arabic, allowing for the flourishing of Muslim learning itself. Baghdad was by this time truly transformed into a cosmopolitan city, where adherents of all faiths gathered, disputed about the merits of their belief, and contributed to a common pool of learning and progress. The economy also continued to develop, now directing the route of most trade from south, central and east Asia through Baghdad and Basra, the largest cities in Mesopotamia (Source: Iranologie).


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