This article looks at how a contemporary Abbasid chronicler, al-Suli, discussed the question of a caliph’s young age. Al-Muqtadir was the youngest ever caliph at the time he was appointed in 295/908. Indeed, his youth was seen by historians as a sign of the impending ruin which was to befall both the caliphate as an institution, and Baghdad as its capital.
The Wisdom of Youth: legitimising the Caliph al-Muqtadir / L. Osti. - In: AL-MASĀQ. - ISSN 0950-3110. - 19:1(2007 Mar), pp. 17-27. [10.1080/09503110601068430]
The Wisdom of Youth: legitimising the Caliph al-Muqtadir
L. OstiPrimo
2007
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This article looks at how a contemporary Abbasid chronicler, al-Suli, discussed the question of a caliph’s young age. Al-Muqtadir was the youngest ever caliph at the time he was appointed in 295/908. Indeed, his youth was seen by historians as a sign of the impending ruin which was to befall both the caliphate as an institution, and Baghdad as its capital.
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