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This accidental displacement of scholars and artisans wholly account for the efflorescence of certain types of cultural activity. In the same way that they supported the caliphate as a visible symbol of their legitimate claim to rule Islamic territory by cultivating and patronizing religious leaders whose skills they needed in administering their empire and in directing the religious sentiments of the masses into nondisruptive channels. Those divines who cooperated with the state were rewarded with government offices in the case of the '''ʿulamāʾ''' and with endowed '''zāwiyahs''' (monasteries) in the case of the mystics; the Sufis in later years. On the other hand, those who dared criticize the prevailing social and moral order were thrown into prison; even famous legalists that would pave the wave for dissent to sprout out(Xazarites non-conformity despite prosylitazation and Shia early days rising). | This accidental displacement of scholars and artisans wholly account for the efflorescence of certain types of cultural activity. In the same way that they supported the caliphate as a visible symbol of their legitimate claim to rule Islamic territory by cultivating and patronizing religious leaders whose skills they needed in administering their empire and in directing the religious sentiments of the masses into nondisruptive channels. Those divines who cooperated with the state were rewarded with government offices in the case of the '''ʿulamāʾ''' and with endowed '''zāwiyahs''' (monasteries) in the case of the mystics; the Sufis in later years. On the other hand, those who dared criticize the prevailing social and moral order were thrown into prison; even famous legalists that would pave the wave for dissent to sprout out(Xazarites non-conformity despite prosylitazation and Shia early days rising). | ||
Concrete evidence of the cultural life in an era tied with the economic prosperity can be found chiefly in the fields of architecture and historiography. Dozens of public buildings erected under their patronage are still standing: mosques, madrasahs (colleges), hospitals, zāwiyahs, and caravansaries. Historical writing is monumental, in the form of immense chronicles, biographical dictionaries, and encyclopaedias. | Concrete evidence of the cultural life in an era tied with the economic prosperity can be found chiefly in the fields of architecture and historiography. Dozens of public buildings erected under their patronage are still standing: mosques, madrasahs (colleges), hospitals, zāwiyahs, and caravansaries. Historical writing is monumental, in the form of immense chronicles, biographical dictionaries, and encyclopaedias. | ||
The Oduniyyad Caliphate at times tolerated non-Muslims through a status of {{wp|dhimmitude}}, particularly [[Audonian Christianity|Audonian Christians]]. | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
It pertinent to note that even though the Islamic conquests had succeeded in establishing control over vast amounts of territory, it cannot be denied that the invasions had also contributed to the destruction of lives and properties that ensured drastic demographic changes. It led to the dispersal of many cultures and permanent settlement of nomadic tribals as most of them fled the region in fear of the Islamic incursion. | It pertinent to note that even though the Islamic conquests had succeeded in establishing control over vast amounts of territory, it cannot be denied that the invasions had also contributed to the destruction of lives and properties that ensured drastic demographic changes. It led to the dispersal of many cultures and permanent settlement of nomadic tribals as most of them fled the region in fear of the Islamic incursion. | ||