Mihna (inquisition)

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Abbasid-era event religious inquisition theological persecution

The Mihna (inquisition) was a 9th-century religious and political persecution in the Abbasid Caliphate during which scholars were forced to conform to the caliphs’ official theological doctrine, particularly regarding the created nature of the Qur’an.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mihna (inquisition) canonical	2
Miḥna (inquisition)	1
the Mihna inquisition	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Abbasid-era event ⓘ religious inquisition ⓘ theological persecution ⓘ
abolishedBy	al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
appliedTo	Islamic scholars ⓘ traditionalist theologians ⓘ
chronology	9th century ⓘ
continuedBy	al-Mu'tasim ⓘ surface form: al-Muʿtasim al-Wathiq ⓘ
country	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
describedIn	Islamic historiographical works ⓘ
doctrineImposed	Qur’an is created ⓘ
endedBecauseOf	policy reversal under al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
endTime	848 ⓘ
enforcedBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid caliphs
field	Islamic law ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ
hasAspect	judicial inquisition ⓘ political control ⓘ religious policy ⓘ
hasCause	Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ caliphal attempt to assert religious authority ⓘ
hasEffect	enforced public affirmation of created Qur’an ⓘ persecution of dissenting scholars ⓘ tension between caliphal power and religious scholars ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	defined later Sunni view of caliphal religious authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ideologyPromoted	Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ surface form: Muʿtazilism
initiatedBy	al-Ma'mun ⓘ surface form: al-Maʾmun
languageOfContext	Arabic ⓘ
location	Baghdad ⓘ Samarra ⓘ
mainTopic	createdness of the Qur’an ⓘ
opposedBy	Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ broader Sunni community ⓘ traditionalist scholars ⓘ
opposedDoctrine	Qur’an is uncreated ⓘ
partOf	Islamic theological controversies ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
result	limitation of caliphal role in defining doctrine ⓘ strengthening of Sunni traditionalism ⓘ
significantEvent	trial and flogging of Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
startTime	833 ⓘ
targetedGroup	Sunni traditionalists ⓘ hadith scholars ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbasid Caliphate → significantEvent → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ

al-Ma'mun → knownFor → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Mihna inquisition

Ahmad ibn Hanbal → subjectOf → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ

Muʿtazilite theology → wasOfficialDoctrineDuring → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miḥna (inquisition)