The Abbasid caliphate: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Abbasid caliphs sat at the head of a vast Islamic empire that stretched from Tunisia to the frontiers of India, which they ruled over for several centuries. But how did they first come to power? What tools did they utilise to control such a significant swathe of land? And to what extent were they responsible for a 'Golden Age of Islam'? Speaking to Emily Briffett, Hugh Kennedy charts the rise and fall of a multicultural medieval empire and answers your top questions – on everything from the harem of the strictly structured court to the enormous amount of scholarship that flowed through the caliphate. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a keen history buff or maybe just a curious mind?
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0:15.0	Welcome to the History Extra Podcast,
0:20.0	fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.
0:27.0	The Abbasid Caliph's sat at the head of a vast Islamic empire that stretched from Tunisia to the frontiers of India and held
0:36.7	power for several centuries.
0:39.2	So how did the Calif's first come to prominence? What tools did they use to control such a significant swathe of land?
0:47.3	And how far were they responsible for a prosperous golden age of Islam?
0:52.2	Speaking to Emily Briffet, Hugh Kennedy charts the rise and fall of a multicultural medieval
0:58.4	empire and answers your top questions on everything from the role of the harem at court to the enormous amount of scholarship
1:06.2	that flowed through the caliphate.
1:08.0	Hi Hugh, thank you so much for joining me on the History Extra podcast.
1:11.6	It's good to be here.
1:12.8	Thank you for inviting me.
1:14.3	To start off, I think we need to cover
1:16.2	though a broad question of this topic.
1:19.3	Who were the Abbasid Caliphs?
1:21.3	The Abbasid Caliphs were the Calip's who ruled the Central Islamic
1:25.6	world starting in the year 750 and going through in their heyday in their
1:31.0	imperial phase until about 950. After that the Caliph
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