Reign of Abbasid Caliph al-Qadir

Name: Reign of Abbasid Caliph al-Qadir
Start: 1020
End: 1029

Type Event Region Iraq Time 1020–1029

In the 1020s Caliph al-Qadir continued ruling Baghdad, promoting Sunni orthodoxy and issuing the Qadir Creed to counter Shia and Ismaili influence un…

Timeline

1020–1029Baghdad · BaghdadCaliph al-Qadir continued the previously issued Sunni creed, strengthening rejection of Shia and Ismaili doctrines at court and among religious scholars, establishing the Abbasid court's symbolic role as the center of Sunni orthodoxy.
1020–1029Baghdad · BaghdadThough declined, the Buyid dynasty still nominally controlled Iraq's military and politics; Caliph al-Qadir, with limited real power, maintained court ceremony, religious adjudication, and scholarly patronage, and Baghdad had not yet lost its status as the religious capital of the Islamic world.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1A: The Central Islamic Lands from Pre-Islamic Times to the First World War — P.M. Holt, Ann K.S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (1970)
Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood — Justin Marozzi (2014)