Abbasid administration
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The Abbasid administration was the centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the Abbasid Caliphate, overseeing taxation, governance, and public works across a vast Islamic empire from the 8th to 13th centuries.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbasid authorities | 1 |
Statements (119)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureaucratic system
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component of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ government administration ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Abbasid Caliphate
NERFINISHED
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Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ifriqiya (early period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Khurasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Maghreb (early period) ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Jazira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Umayyad administrative practices ⓘ |
| centralOrgan | caliphal court in Baghdad ⓘ |
| country | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1258 ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
amir
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amir al-jund NERFINISHED ⓘ hajib ⓘ katib ⓘ muhtasib ⓘ qadi al-qudat NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-barid NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-bayt al-mal NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-kharaj NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-khatam NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-madina NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-mazalim NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-shurta NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-shurta al-sufla ⓘ sahib al-shurta al-ʿulya NERFINISHED ⓘ sahib al-sikka NERFINISHED ⓘ vizier ⓘ wali ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barid postal system
NERFINISHED
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bayt al-mal NERFINISHED ⓘ chancery ⓘ diwan al-ahdath NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-barid NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-dar ⓘ diwan al-jihād NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-jund NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-kharaj NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-khatam NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-mazalim NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-mustaghallat NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-nafaqat NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-qada NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-rasail NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-sawad NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-shurta NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-shuʿūn al-dīwāniyya NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-zimam NERFINISHED ⓘ diwan al-‘ataʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ fiscal administration ⓘ frontier administration ⓘ intelligence network ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ land revenue administration ⓘ land survey apparatus ⓘ market inspection office ⓘ mazalim courts ⓘ military administration ⓘ palace guard ⓘ police forces ⓘ provincial governorships ⓘ public works offices ⓘ qadi courts ⓘ religious endowments administration ⓘ royal household administration ⓘ scribal bureaucracy ⓘ secretariat of the vizier ⓘ tax-farming arrangements ⓘ translation bureau in Baghdad ⓘ urban administration ⓘ |
| hasPolicy |
appointment of provincial governors
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censorship and control of correspondence via barid ⓘ centralization of fiscal control ⓘ collection of alms tax (zakat) ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ collection of land tax (kharaj) ⓘ collection of poll tax (jizya) ⓘ construction of canals and irrigation works ⓘ control of provincial military forces ⓘ maintenance of roads and bridges ⓘ maintenance of standing army ⓘ oversight of waqf endowments ⓘ patronage of translation movement ⓘ regulation of markets ⓘ standardization of coinage ⓘ support of educational institutions ⓘ support of religious scholars ⓘ urban development of Baghdad ⓘ use of Persian secretaries ⓘ use of slave soldiers (ghilman, mamluks) ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Abbasid caliph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 750 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fatimid administration
NERFINISHED
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Mamluk administration ⓘ Ottoman administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk administration NERFINISHED ⓘ administrative systems of later Islamic polities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine administrative practices
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Sasanian bureaucracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Baghdad
NERFINISHED
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Samarra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment | caliph ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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Abbasid authorities