The Mihna and the Rise of Sunni Orthodoxy (833–c. 870)

1. Al-Ma'mun proclaims the created Qur'an doctrine

   Jun 1, 827Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Mu'tazilism

   • IJMES
   • Al Ma mun

2. Al-Ma'mun orders the Mihna inquisition

   Apr 1, 833Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Mihna

   • Al Ma mun
   • IJMES

3. Al-Ma'mun dies; policy passes to al-Mu'tasim

   Aug 1, 833Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Al-Mu'tasim

   • Britannica
   • IJMES

4. Mihna expands as officials are systematically tested

   Sep 1, 833Labels: Abbasid administration, Judiciary

   • Britannica
   • Mihna

5. Ahmad ibn Hanbal is tried and flogged

   Sep 1, 835Labels: Ahmad ibn, Traditionalism

   • Mihna
   • Ibn Abi Du

6. Al-Wathiq succeeds and enforces the Mihna

   Jan 1, 842Labels: Al-Wathiq, Mihna

   • Britannica
   • Mihna

7. Prisoner exchange prompts doctrinal interrogations

   Jan 1, 845Labels: Al-Wathiq, Byzantine exchange

   • Al Wathiq

8. Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i plot and interrogation

   Apr 5, 846Labels: Ahmad ibn, Plot

   • Al Wathiq
   • Al Wathiq

9. Al-Mutawakkil becomes caliph amid policy reassessment

   Jan 1, 847Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Abbasid policy

   • Mihna
   • Ibn Abi Du

10. Decree bans disputation on the Qur'an’s nature

    Jan 1, 849Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Decree

    • Religions
    • Mihna

11. Al-Mutawakkil reverses the Mihna regime

    Jan 1, 851Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Mihna

    • Mihna
    • Britannica

12. Release of remaining Mihna prisoners is ordered

    Mar 1, 852Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Prisoners

    • Al Mutawakkil