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==Relationship with Alawis== | ==Relationship with Alawis== | ||
Descendants of [[Imam Ali]] and Shi'as were called Alawis at the time. Numerous 'Alawi uprisings throughout the caliphate territory posed an essential challenge for Abbasid caliphs. 'Alawis who were constantly quenched since the period of [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]]<ref>Allāh Akbarī, ''ʿAbbāsīyān az biʿthat tā khilāfat'', p. 95-97.</ref> began uprisings against Abbasid caliphs when they had the opportunity to do so, though their uprisings usually failed. The conflict between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the caliphate during 193/808-197/812 undermined the Abbasid government and led to the increase of 'Alawi uprisings in different areas of [[Hijaz]], [[Yemen]], and [[Iraq]].<ref>Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 455-459; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 8, p. 574.</ref> | Descendants of [[Imam Ali]] and Shi'as were called Alawis at the time. Numerous 'Alawi uprisings throughout the caliphate territory posed an essential challenge for Abbasid caliphs. 'Alawis who were constantly quenched since the period of [[al-Mansur al-'Abbasi]]<ref>Allāh Akbarī, ''ʿAbbāsīyān az biʿthat tā khilāfat'', p. 95-97.</ref> began uprisings against Abbasid caliphs when they had the opportunity to do so, though their uprisings usually failed. The conflict between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the caliphate during 193/808-9 to 197/812-3 undermined the Abbasid government and led to the increase of 'Alawi uprisings in different areas of [[Hijaz]], [[Yemen]], and [[Iraq]].<ref>Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 455-459; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 8, p. 574.</ref> | ||
===Alawi Uprisings=== | ===Alawi Uprisings=== | ||