NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Muawiyah I, Nepotism
20 May 2016
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Uthman"s policy nepotism precedence vs tribalism. Muawiya only supported uthman after his death something to think about. Umar and abu bakr and early rulers were very tribalistic however, uthman wanted to make it centralized. Every era wants to look back to good old days even if they weren"t good. To rule the way the khulafa ar rashideen did. Reduction in taxes caliphs who have taxes agreements- conquered cities by cities officials of conquered cities would negotiate taxes not standardized tax system. Revision of history given the image of good days aisha was against ali. Ali made a truce didn"t have a strong foot. Battle of siffin not a motivated not power hungry fellow. Ali didn"t antagonize uthman he couldn"t be considered implicated. Ali - reluctant to take on the position after the death of uthman proclaimed caliph by khwarij and the medinan. Even in the provinces people opposed to his proclamation as caliph.
