Islamic Empires. Many empires, one faith Many peoples, one faith

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1 Islamic Empires Many empires, one faith Many peoples, one faith

2 Islamic Governance Islam is a faith, not a government, although Shari a law is religious law Many modern na:ons employ some system of Shari a which usually is a system of courts populated with religiously educated judges day to day law that heavily influenced common law in the medieval period. Decisions are made by consensus of imams, who are scholars of Islam and lead services these are NOT priests, but qadis, who are essen:ally judges of shari a and spiritual leaders. There is no priesthood in Islam, but basic study of the Qur an at a madrasa, par:cipa:on in the Hajj, and knowledge of the Sunna and the Hadith are enough for one to be recognized as a leader in a Muslim community.

3 Islamic Governance, con:nued Wherever Islam spread, the concept of the Caliph, or successor of Muhammad, was meant to unite all Muslim In the tradi:on of Muhammad, the Caliph is the temporal (worldly, secular) leader as well as the spiritual leader Prac:cally, this dual system died out with the destruc:on of the Abbasid Caliphate by the Mongols, and temporal and spiritual leadership became decentralized. There is no central poli6cal or religious authority for Muslims. This was true in 1250 CE, and it is true today, although many strong leaders avempted to claim the Caliphate including the OVomans

4 Muslims Most Muslims are not Arab The history of The Islamic Empire soon became a very diverse affair as those who were conquered or exposed to Islam converted. Saladin was Kurdish, The OVomans, Seljuks, Delhi Sultans, and the Mughals were Turkic peoples Berber tribes in North Africa helped create Al Andalus Three of the four leaders of the Ordus ( Hordes ) of the Mongols converted. Chinese, SE Asian, African, and Indian converts soon followed. Now, ethnici:es all over the world are Muslim The most populous Muslim na:on is:. Indonesia with 202 million people 23% of the world s popula:on is Muslim The Asia Pacific region has more than three :mes the number of Muslims as there are in the Middle East and North Africa

5 Allah Muhammed Qur an Islam Muslim 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Uthman, Umar, Ali) Ali assassinated, Umayyad Dynasty established capital moved to Damascus Sunni/Shi a split (Shi a: Caliph needs to be rela:ve of Muhammed; Sunni: Caliph just needs to follow the Sunna and be the strongest contender) Umayyad slaughtered by Abbasids, who move capital to Baghdad but one Umayyad prince escapes to Al Andalus to establish a rival Caliphate Abbasid Dynasty destroyed by Mongols 1258 Mongols stopped by Mameluke (slave soldiers) soldiers who have est. dynasty in Egypt. Islamic Empire ceases to exist, the Caliphate is constantly fought over between rival Muslim empires who are split by ethnicity, language, and culture, but linked by the Qur an Vibrant slave trade leads to new groups establishing influence in these areas (Mamelukes and the Janissaries are two examples) By the 10 th century CE, Dar Al Islam (literally: The House of Islam, or The Muslim World) is a collec:on of dynas:es led by converts like the Turks and Persians. Converts throughout the Indian Ocean trade and Silk Road are not Arabs Even three of the four Mongol ordus and Chinese and SE Asians are converts Most Muslims are Sunni Seljuks, OVomans, Delhi Sultans, Mughals, and Timurids are each Turkish (Safavids are Persian Shi ites) all carve out their own territories.

6 Arab Conquests

7 Umayyad Empire ( )

8 Al Andalus ( )

9 Abbasid ( /1519)

10 Turks First arrived in Muslim lands fleeing the Mongols Then migrated peacefully when the Mongols established the Pax Mongolica and allowed for free trade in Asia SeVled first in central Asia around Samarkand, which is within the sphere of the Baghdad Caliphate (Abbasids) Eventually, separate waves of Turkish speaking people moved into SW Asia, conver:ng and eventually establishing themselves as powerful, mounted warriors. Numerous central Asian states the regions of modern day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan are the launching pad for Tamerlane and Babur

11 Seljuk Empire ( )

12 Tamerlane (Timur)

13 Mameluke Empire ( )

14 Delhi Sultanate ( )

15 Safavid Empire (1501/2 1722)

16 OVoman Empire ( )

17 Mughal Empire ( )

18 Mali (13 th 16 th Centuries)