HINE 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mawla, Muawiyah I, Galway United F.C.
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Formation and consolidation of empire: umayyads and abbasid challenge. Umayyad order: dynastic rule (661-750, muawiya, before death, appointed his son yazid as his successor. Sassanian, syria, etc. ). (2) demonstrated the emphasis community placed on unity(?: dynasticism was meant to resolve the issue of who is successor, who rules, etc. Agreed on consensus of community: main opposition to umayyad, shiites, also upheld dynastic tradition via the hereditary line of. Until about 750, despite conquest of non-arab areas, the arab nature of ruling structure remained very strong. Umayyad house became something of an arab aristocracy: there were new converts to islam conversion of conquered to islam was a slow process, arabs got less tax and largest share of spoils. Arabian tribes. positions not differentiated by function: policies implemented were pragmatic. not much institutionalization. local coins already in circulation were used as currency later arabian script was imprinted on them, damascus at center of umayyad state.
