Samarra period

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historical period phase of the Abbasid Caliphate

The Samarra period was a mid-9th-century phase of the Abbasid Caliphate marked by the relocation of the capital to Samarra and characterized by heightened military influence, political instability, and cultural development.

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Label Occurrences
Samarra period canonical 2
Samarra period of the Abbasid Caliphate 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalRelocatedFrom Baghdad ⓘ
capitalRelocatedTo Samarra ⓘ
country Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
describedBySource Al-Tabari ⓘ
surface form: al-Tabari

modern Islamic historiography ⓘ
endTime 892 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic architecture ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
hasCaliph al-Mu'tamid ⓘ
al-Mu'tasim ⓘ
al-Mu'tazz ⓘ
al-Muhtadi ⓘ
al-Muntasir ⓘ
al-Musta'in ⓘ
al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
al-Wathiq ⓘ
hasCapital Samarra ⓘ
hasCause conflict between caliph and Baghdad populace ⓘ
need to control Turkish military units ⓘ
hasCharacteristic architectural innovation ⓘ
court factionalism ⓘ
cultural development ⓘ
economic strain ⓘ
frequent caliphal successions ⓘ
increased influence of Turkish slave soldiers ⓘ
military dominance ⓘ
palace revolutions ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
provincial autonomy ⓘ
urban expansion in Samarra ⓘ
influenced development of stucco decoration in Islamic art ⓘ
palatial architecture in the Islamic world ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Iraq ⓘ
namedAfter Samarra ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid era

Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
predecessor Baghdad-centered Abbasid period ⓘ
significantEvent assassination of Caliph al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
construction of the Great Mosque of Samarra ⓘ
construction of the Malwiya minaret ⓘ
large-scale palace building in Samarra ⓘ
period of anarchy at Samarra ⓘ
rise of Turkish military commanders ⓘ
temporary fragmentation of central authority ⓘ
startTime 836 ⓘ
successor Baghdad restoration period ⓘ

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Abbasid Caliphate → significantEvent → Samarra period ⓘ
al-Mu'tamid → associatedWith → Samarra period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samarra period of the Abbasid Caliphate
al-Muntasir → era → Samarra period ⓘ
al-Muhtadi → historicalPeriod → Samarra period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samarra period of the Abbasid Caliphate