Caliphal Imperialism and Ḥijāzī Elites in the Second/Eighth Century

TY - JOUR

T1 - Caliphal Imperialism and Ḥijāzī Elites in the Second/Eighth Century

AU - Munt, Thomas Henry Robert

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PY - 2016/4/4

Y1 - 2016/4/4

N2 - This article contributes to the debate over the effectiveness with which late Umayyad and early ʿAbbāsid caliphs negotiated their respective rights and duties with provincial elites during the second/eighth century. The focus is on the relationships that evolved between the caliphs and those elite families residing in the Ḥijāz whose ancestors had helped to establish the Muslim community and the early caliphal empire in the mid-first/seventh century. The article’s analysis centres on a series of four revolts in the Ḥijāz over the second/eighth century and examines developments in the enthusiasm with which local elites either supported or opposed those revolts. This discussion demonstrates that, aside from a brief period during the first decades of ʿAbbāsid rule, Umayyad and ʿAbbāsid caliphs during the second/eighth century were actually quite successful at inspiring loyalty among the local elites of the Ḥijāz.

AB - This article contributes to the debate over the effectiveness with which late Umayyad and early ʿAbbāsid caliphs negotiated their respective rights and duties with provincial elites during the second/eighth century. The focus is on the relationships that evolved between the caliphs and those elite families residing in the Ḥijāz whose ancestors had helped to establish the Muslim community and the early caliphal empire in the mid-first/seventh century. The article’s analysis centres on a series of four revolts in the Ḥijāz over the second/eighth century and examines developments in the enthusiasm with which local elites either supported or opposed those revolts. This discussion demonstrates that, aside from a brief period during the first decades of ʿAbbāsid rule, Umayyad and ʿAbbāsid caliphs during the second/eighth century were actually quite successful at inspiring loyalty among the local elites of the Ḥijāz.

KW - Al-Madinah; Saudi Arabia Abu Hamza al-Mukhtar b. 'Awf

KW - Arab dynasty Abbasids

KW - Arab dynasty Hijaz- politics Mecca/Makkah

KW - Kharijite

KW - Makkah

KW - Politics and Diplomacy /Middle East Arabia - politics Umayyads

KW - Saudi Arabia Medina/al-Madinah

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U2 - 10.1080/09503110.2016.1153296

DO - 10.1080/09503110.2016.1153296

M3 - Article

SN - 0950-3110

VL - 28

SP - 6

EP - 21

JO - Al-Masāq : Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean

JF - Al-Masāq : Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean

IS - 1

ER -