The Conflict between Turkish leaders in the Abbasid era 227-334 A.H./ 842-946 A.D.

Section: history
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
555-584

Abstract

The second Abbasid era was most commonly known for its weakness and debility, especially by the weakening of the authority of Abbasid caliphs, and the leaders ' quibbling and incompetence. And this weakness was due to the hereditary rule of the Abbasid state, which led to the competition between the children of the ruling Abbasid family, especially and most notably between Caliph al-Ameen (193-198 Ah / 809 - 813 ad) and his brother al-Mamoon (198 - 218 Ah/ 813-833 ad) for the post of succession, and for the sake of strengthening their forces, and for these purposes they asked other forces to support them, Caliph al-Mamoon relied on the power of the Persians, Since his mother was one of them and was administrating and living in Persian areas. However, Caliph al-Ameen relied on supporting his position with the help of the Arab element from Baghdad. Hence, there were two different forces that entered the internal struggle between the Abbasids. And after their brother's turn came for succession in (218-227 Ah / 833-842 Ad) he thought of relying on a force that supports him in controlling the situation, and drove away the Persians as well as the Arabs about his plans for the sake of build a military force close to him, he relied on the Turks with whom he was related by marriage, his mother being Turkish, as well as their high believe in their combat ability, and since they were mostly known for their knighting and fighting style, so he relied on them, and formed an army Especially in Baghdad and Samarra, especially after the counting numbers of the revolutions in that period, and in deed, he was successful in restraining many of these forces, especially the movement of Babik al-khazami in (201-222 AH / 816-837 AD). He also achieved tangible victories over Ram front.

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Abdullah, S., زنار, A. Abdulhakeem, Z., & شفان. (2025). The Conflict between Turkish leaders in the Abbasid era 227-334 A.H./ 842-946 A.D. Journal of Education for the Humanities, 4(16), 555–584. https://doi.org/10.33899/jeh.2024.184754