Crisis in Greater Khorasan The challenge of the Abbasid caliphate and its opponents

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

zohre alipoor aval ¹ , mohammad ali alizadeh ² , mohammadnabi Salim ³

1 - Azad University Of Torbat Heidariyeh
2 - گروه تاریخ و تمدن ملل اسلامی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی مشهد
3 - assistant professor,department of history,Islamic azad university. shahrood branch

Received: 2024-03-15 Accepted : 2024-05-22 Published : 2024-06-20

Keywords: Khorasan. Abbasid Caliphate, Transoxiana, Political crisis,

Abstract :

The importance of Great Khorasan as a strategic region and effective in the administration of the territories of the Eastern Islamic Caliphate, could never be ignored from the point of view of the caliphs. The connection of this area with Transoxiana or beyond the river and the existence of settled cities, commercial streets and fertile lands, reminded the caliphs of the need to consider a serious and costly policy for the administration of Khorasan. However, the continuous unrest and the lack of comprehensive management in this region not only had an impact on the reduction of the Caliphate's income, but also had a direct effect on the creation of disorder in the Trans-Nahar region and the escalation of the political crisis. Based on the descriptive-analytical method, the current research tries to answer the question, what were the most important challenges of establishing the stable control of the Abbasid caliphs over Khorasan and Transoxiana? The results of the findings indicate that in the first period of the Abbasid caliphate, despite the caliphs benefiting from military authority, due to the multitude of opponents and successive changes in the balance of power, it was not possible to establish stable stability. After the killing of Abu Muslim, the conflict between the caliphs and the Khorasanis until the Taherians gained internal independence, deprived Great Khorasan of the possibility of stability and became a platform for the influence of the Turks in Transoxiana and the borders of Islam territories. key words : Khorasan. Abbasid Caliphate,Transoxiana,Political crisis