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

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

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

    Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Mu'tazilism
  2. Al-Ma'mun orders the Mihna inquisition

    Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Mihna
  3. Al-Ma'mun dies; policy passes to al-Mu'tasim

    Labels: Al-Ma'mun, Al-Mu'tasim
  4. Mihna expands as officials are systematically tested

    Labels: Abbasid administration, Judiciary
  5. Ahmad ibn Hanbal is tried and flogged

    Labels: Ahmad ibn, Traditionalism
  6. Al-Wathiq succeeds and enforces the Mihna

    Labels: Al-Wathiq, Mihna
  7. Prisoner exchange prompts doctrinal interrogations

    Labels: Al-Wathiq, Byzantine exchange
  8. Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i plot and interrogation

    Labels: Ahmad ibn, Plot
  9. Al-Mutawakkil becomes caliph amid policy reassessment

    Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Abbasid policy
  10. Decree bans disputation on the Qur'an’s nature

    Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Decree
  11. Al-Mutawakkil reverses the Mihna regime

    Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Mihna
  12. Release of remaining Mihna prisoners is ordered

    Labels: Al-Mutawakkil, Prisoners