Abbasid administration

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The Abbasid administration was the centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the Abbasid Caliphate, overseeing taxation, governance, and public works across a vast Islamic empire from the 8th to 13th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bureaucratic system
component of the Abbasid Caliphate
government administration
appliesToJurisdiction Abbasid Caliphate
Arabian Peninsula
Armenia
Egypt
linked to: Tulunid Egypt

Ifriqiya (early period)
Iraq
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan

Maghreb (early period)
Persia
Syria
Transoxiana
Yemen
al-Jazira
linked to: Al-Jazira region
basedOn Umayyad administrative practices
centralOrgan caliphal court in Baghdad
country Abbasid Caliphate
dissolved 1258
hasOffice amir
amir al-jund
hajib
katib
muhtasib
qadi al-qudat
linked to: Qadi al-Qudat

sahib al-barid
sahib al-bayt al-mal
sahib al-kharaj
sahib al-khatam
sahib al-madina
linked to: Sadr-us-Sudur

sahib al-mazalim
sahib al-shurta
sahib al-shurta al-sufla
sahib al-shurta al-ʿulya
linked to: sahib al-shurta

sahib al-sikka
vizier
wali
hasPart barid postal system
bayt al-mal
chancery
diwan al-ahdath
diwan al-barid
diwan al-dar
diwan al-jihād
diwan al-jund
diwan al-kharaj
linked to: Kitab al-Kharaj

diwan al-khatam
diwan al-mazalim
diwan al-mustaghallat
diwan al-nafaqat
diwan al-qada
linked to: qadis

diwan al-rasail
diwan al-sawad
diwan al-shurta
diwan al-shuʿūn al-dīwāniyya
diwan al-zimam
diwan al-‘ataʼ
fiscal administration
frontier administration
intelligence network
judicial administration
land revenue administration
land survey apparatus
market inspection office
mazalim courts
military administration
palace guard
police forces
provincial governorships
public works offices
qadi courts
religious endowments administration
royal household administration
scribal bureaucracy
secretariat of the vizier
tax-farming arrangements
translation bureau in Baghdad
urban administration
hasPolicy appointment of provincial governors
censorship and control of correspondence via barid
centralization of fiscal control
collection of alms tax (zakat)
collection of customs duties
collection of land tax (kharaj)
collection of poll tax (jizya)
construction of canals and irrigation works
control of provincial military forces
maintenance of roads and bridges
maintenance of standing army
oversight of waqf endowments
patronage of translation movement
regulation of markets
standardization of coinage
support of educational institutions
support of religious scholars
urban development of Baghdad
use of Persian secretaries
use of slave soldiers (ghilman, mamluks)
headOfGovernment Abbasid caliph
linked to: Caliph
inception 750
influenced Fatimid administration
Mamluk administration
Ottoman administration
Seljuk administration
linked to: Seljuk institutions

administrative systems of later Islamic polities
influencedBy Byzantine administrative practices
Sasanian bureaucracy
location Baghdad
Samarra
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment caliph
religion Islam
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
8th century
9th century
usedLanguage Arabic

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Nilometer of al-Mutawakkil usedBy Abbasid administration
Ibn al-Muqaffa' executedBy Abbasid authorities
linked to: Abbasid administration
Musa al-Kadhim opponent Abbasid Caliphate authorities
subject linked to: Imam Musa al-Kadhim
linked to: Abbasid administration
Abbasid governors of Egypt partOf Abbasid provincial administration
linked to: Abbasid administration
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid assertedAutonomyFrom Abbasid central government
linked to: Abbasid administration
al-Waqidi employer Abbasid administration in Baghdad
linked to: Abbasid administration
Brahmanabad governedBy Abbasid administration (later Islamic)
linked to: Abbasid administration
Round City of Baghdad associatedWith Abbasid bureaucracy
linked to: Abbasid administration
Sabians grantedStatusBy Abbasid authorities
subject linked to: Sabian
linked to: Abbasid administration
court of al-Mahdi partOf Abbasid imperial administration
linked to: Abbasid administration
Umayyad administration in Iraq followedBy Abbasid administration in Iraq
linked to: Abbasid administration
Vizier of the Seljuk Empire influencedBy Abbasid vizierate model
linked to: Abbasid administration
Talha ibn Tahir partOf Abbasid provincial administration
linked to: Abbasid administration