Umayyad administration in Iraq

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The Umayyad administration in Iraq was the provincial governing apparatus of the Umayyad Caliphate in the region of Iraq, overseeing taxation, justice, and political control through appointed governors and bureaucrats.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical government system ⓘ
provincial administration ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Iraq ⓘ
al-ʿIraq province ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Governorate
associatedWith Arab tribal military settlers ⓘ
Basra garrison ⓘ
Kufa garrison ⓘ
linked to: Kufa
centerOf fiscal extraction from eastern provinces ⓘ
characterizedBy frequent political unrest ⓘ
strong governor authority ⓘ
employs bureaucrats ⓘ
qadis (judges) ⓘ
secretaries (kuttab) ⓘ
tax officials ⓘ
endTime 750 ⓘ
followedBy Abbasid administration in Iraq ⓘ
governedBy Umayyad caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate

emirs of Iraq ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
wulāt (governors) ⓘ
hasCapital Basra ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
headedBy governor of Iraq ⓘ
viceroy of the East ⓘ
historicalContext early Islamic empire ⓘ
transition from Rashidun to Umayyad rule ⓘ
includesOffice diwan al-barid (postal and intelligence service) ⓘ
linked to: diwan al-barid

diwan al-jund (military register) ⓘ
linked to: diwan al-jund

diwan al-kharaj (land tax bureau) ⓘ
linked to: sahib al-kharaj

diwan al-rasāʾil (chancery) ⓘ
linked to: diwan al-rasail
legalSystem Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ
overseesFunction appointment of local officials ⓘ
justice ⓘ
military mobilization ⓘ
political control ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
security ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
partOf Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
replaced Rashidun administration in Iraq ⓘ
reportsTo Umayyad caliph ⓘ
linked to: Caliph Marwan I
startTime c. 661 ⓘ
subordinateTo central Umayyad government in Damascus ⓘ
timePeriod 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
usesAdministrativeLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usesTaxSystem jizya poll tax ⓘ
kharaj land tax ⓘ
ʿushr (tithe) ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Ibn al-Muqaffa' → workedFor → Umayyad administration in Iraq ⓘ
Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad → associatedWith → Umayyad consolidation of power in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad administration in Iraq
Brahmanabad → governedBy → Umayyad administration (early Islamic) ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad administration in Iraq