Abbasid Fragmentation

The decades in which regional dynasties such as the Tulunids, Samanids and Saffarids gained de facto independence, while the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad lost control of the army and the provinces. The museum roughly bounds it from about 861 CE to 945 CE. These boundaries are the museum's own organising convention and are not absolute.

The museum's holdings for this era today include: polities: 2, most frequently appearing figures: 2, works: 2, concepts: 15.

Polities

• The Ghaznavid Empire (962 CE to 1187 CE)
• The Samanids (819 CE to 999 CE)

Most frequently appearing figures

• Abu Jafar al-Tahawi
• Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari

Works

• Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya
• Maqalat al-Islamiyyin wa-ikhtilaf al-musalliyin

Concepts

• Divine decree (qadar)
• The People of the Qibla and not declaring a believer an unbeliever for a sin
• The Ten Promised Paradise
• Acquisition (kasb) and capacity (istita'a)
• The afterlife: the grave, resurrection and reckoning
• The signs of the Hour

This era is still thinly covered in the museum (21 items only), so this page should not be read as a comprehensive survey of it. Its items are being added gradually from primary sources with each new batch.

The era's boundaries are the museum's own organising convention and are approximate. For the wider history of this period, see ^{1 2}.