Typology of Political Conduct of Eminent Mu’tazilite Scholars and Abbasid Caliphs from the Age of Haroon Caliphate to the End of Vathiq Era

Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant professor of research center of institute humanities and cultural studies

Abstract

The relationship between
Mu’tazilite scholars and Abbasid caliphs from the age of Haroon to the end of
Vathiq era is of considerable role towards developing and orienting their
political and intellectual atmosphere. This research takes advantage of
proactive analysis and method of historical clarification via the theological
and historical sources in order to state the bilateral relationships between Mu’tazilite
scholars and Abbasid caliphs and to clarify the kind of these interactions and
their consequences. According to the findings of study, this era is famous for
the age of cooperation between Mu’tazilites and Abbasid caliphs, however, these relationships have followed the behavioral
regulations of religionists and politicians, the necessities of caliphs’
ruling and some of its consequences. So it has not followed a stable constant
policy

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History of Islam
Volume 18, Issue 70
January 2018
Pages 183-210

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