• Episode 87: Al Radi the irrelevant

  • Aug 11 2024
  • Durée: 31 min
  • Podcast

Episode 87: Al Radi the irrelevant

  • Résumé

  • We’ve reached the end of the road as far as Abbasid authority is concerned. Although it had waxed and waned before, there would be no recovering from the lows it had fell to this time. The caliph had no independent authority, helpful counselors, loyal generals, powerful armies, not even any money; all he had was the inherited legitimacy of his lineage. He largely served as a symbolic head of state while the more powerful men around him jockeyed for wealth and control. In many ways, this caliph will be the very last one.
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