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The Mihna begins

218 AH · 833 CE

Baghdad بغداد

The caliph al-Ma'mun requires judges and scholars to affirm that the Quran is created. Ahmad ibn Hanbal refuses and is imprisoned and flogged. The policy is abandoned under al-Mutawakkil around 234 AH.

al-Mustansiriyyah, an Abbasid college of 1233, Baghdad
al-Mustansiriyyah, an Abbasid college of 1233, Baghdad
Photo: Taisir Mahdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

  • al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk
  • Ibn al-Jawzi, Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.