- 著者
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橋爪 烈
- 出版者
- 公益財団法人 史学会
- 雑誌
- 史学雑誌 (ISSN:00182478)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.112, no.2, pp.212-235, 2003-02-20 (Released:2017-12-01)
Historians seem to regard the institution of the Caliphate as one of the most important problems in the Islamic political history. Even after the dissolution of the 'Abbasid Caliphate, that institution was still the main source of power and legitimacy, as seen in the Mamluk and Ottoman dynasties. It is generally understood that in the mid-ninth century when the amir al-umara' took over temporal power from the 'Abbasid Caliph, the Caliphate was reduced to a mere political symbol, granting legitimacy to the provincial regimes that were rising in various places at that time. A critical re-examination of the political relationships among the Buwayhid rulers and between the Caliph and the Buwayhid rulers, however, reveals that authorization by the 'Abbasid Caliph came not always into effect as the root of their legitimacy. In the earlier period, Buwayhid rulers were amirs appointed by the Caliph as his provincial officers. Acquiring the riyasa, which was the leadership of the Buwayhid family, became more important in claiming legitimacy after the struggle for power within that family. As a result, 'Adud al-Dawla, having won the riyasa of Buwayhid family, was no longer an amir appointed by the Caliph, but established himself as a "malik", meaning the holder of "mulk (sovereignty)", which did not originate from the 'Abbasid Caliphate. Judging from the above, the authority of the Caliphate as a political symbol was not always absolute, but rather was one of the several resources by which provincial regimes could legitimize their domination. So, when studying the development of political institutions after the emergence of the Saljuqid dynasty, must take the existence of malik and mulk into consideration.