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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bureaucratic system ⓘ
component of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
government administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Armenia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Tulunid Egypt

Ifriqiya (early period) ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Maghreb (early period) ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
al-Jazira ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jazira region
basedOn Umayyad administrative practices ⓘ
centralOrgan caliphal court in Baghdad ⓘ
country Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
dissolved 1258 ⓘ
hasOffice amir ⓘ
amir al-jund ⓘ
hajib ⓘ
katib ⓘ
muhtasib ⓘ
qadi al-qudat ⓘ
linked to: Qadi al-Qudat

sahib al-barid ⓘ
sahib al-bayt al-mal ⓘ
sahib al-kharaj ⓘ
sahib al-khatam ⓘ
sahib al-madina ⓘ
linked to: Sadr-us-Sudur

sahib al-mazalim ⓘ
sahib al-shurta ⓘ
sahib al-shurta al-sufla ⓘ
sahib al-shurta al-ʿulya ⓘ
linked to: sahib al-shurta

sahib al-sikka ⓘ
vizier ⓘ
wali ⓘ
hasPart barid postal system ⓘ
bayt al-mal ⓘ
chancery ⓘ
diwan al-ahdath ⓘ
diwan al-barid ⓘ
diwan al-dar ⓘ
diwan al-jihād ⓘ
diwan al-jund ⓘ
diwan al-kharaj ⓘ
linked to: Kitab al-Kharaj

diwan al-khatam ⓘ
diwan al-mazalim ⓘ
diwan al-mustaghallat ⓘ
diwan al-nafaqat ⓘ
diwan al-qada ⓘ
linked to: qadis

diwan al-rasail ⓘ
diwan al-sawad ⓘ
diwan al-shurta ⓘ
diwan al-shuʿūn al-dīwāniyya ⓘ
diwan al-zimam ⓘ
diwan al-‘ataʼ ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Caliph
inception 750 ⓘ
influenced Fatimid administration ⓘ
Mamluk administration ⓘ
Ottoman administration ⓘ
Seljuk administration ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk institutions

administrative systems of later Islamic polities ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine administrative practices ⓘ
Sasanian bureaucracy ⓘ
location Baghdad ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment caliph ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ

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Nilometer of al-Mutawakkil → usedBy → Abbasid administration ⓘ
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → executedBy → Abbasid authorities ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Musa al-Kadhim → opponent → Abbasid Caliphate authorities ⓘ
subject linked to: Imam Musa al-Kadhim
linked to: Abbasid administration
Abbasid governors of Egypt → partOf → Abbasid provincial administration ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid → assertedAutonomyFrom → Abbasid central government ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
al-Waqidi → employer → Abbasid administration in Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Brahmanabad → governedBy → Abbasid administration (later Islamic) ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Round City of Baghdad → associatedWith → Abbasid bureaucracy ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Sabians → grantedStatusBy → Abbasid authorities ⓘ
subject linked to: Sabian
linked to: Abbasid administration
court of al-Mahdi → partOf → Abbasid imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Umayyad administration in Iraq → followedBy → Abbasid administration in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Vizier of the Seljuk Empire → influencedBy → Abbasid vizierate model ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration
Talha ibn Tahir → partOf → Abbasid provincial administration ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid administration