Mihna (inquisition)

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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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Mihna (inquisition) canonical 2
Miḥna (inquisition) 1
mihna (inquisition) courts 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid-era event ⓘ
religious inquisition ⓘ
theological persecution ⓘ
abolishedBy al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
appliedTo Islamic scholars ⓘ
traditionalist theologians ⓘ
chronology 9th century ⓘ
continuedBy al-Muʿtasim ⓘ
linked to: al-Mu'tasim

al-Wathiq ⓘ
country Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
describedIn Islamic historiographical works ⓘ
doctrineImposed Qur’an is created ⓘ
endedBecauseOf policy reversal under al-Mutawakkil ⓘ
endTime 848 ⓘ
enforcedBy Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
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 Muʿtazilism ⓘ
initiatedBy al-Maʾmun ⓘ
linked to: al-Ma'mun
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 ⓘ

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

Abbasid Caliphate → significantEvent → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ
al-Ma'mun → knownFor → the Mihna inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal → subjectOf → Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ
Muʿtazilite theology → wasOfficialDoctrineDuring → Miḥna (inquisition) ⓘ
linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
Abu Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn al-Muʿtasim → maintainedInstitution → mihna (inquisition) courts ⓘ
linked to: Mihna (inquisition)