Christian interactions with the Muslim rulers In the era of the Umayyad and early Abbasid era

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

سید محمد علی میرصانعی ¹ , سیى محمد علی ایازی ²

1 - دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه ادیان وو مذاهب قم
2 - استادیار گروه علوم قرآن و حدیث، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران

Received: 2016-12-09 Accepted : 2017-10-16 Published : 2018-10-30

Keywords: Umayyad, Christians, Muslim rulers, Abbasid,

Abstract :

Islamic territory under the Umayyad and Abbasid ages was including many Christian areas of the eastern Church. The People of this territories have scientists and organized churches, and gradually some of them were able to reach the caliphs' courts. During this period, many court physicians were Christians who had ancient legacy of medical knowledge. As well as, some of the poets, translators, astronomers and Christian patriarch were able to connect with caliphs and their relatives, and they were even as adviser to the Muslim rulers. In the meantime, some of the caliphs were not tend to associated with the Christians, and tried to differentiate Christians from the Muslim community by imposition of harsh sentences against them, and limited their devotional ceremonies and social activities. But we can see, by review of historical reports, that the governments not forced Christians to converted and entered to Islam in the Umayyad and Abbasid periods.