Disambiguation evidence for Mihna (inquisition) via surface form

"Mihna"


As subject (45)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Mihna".

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