Administration of al-Andalus

The History of Spain Podcast

This is episode 26 called Administration of al-Andalus and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- The succession practices of Arab royal families
- The quick war of succession between Hisham and his elder brother Sulayman, following the death of Abd al-Rahman I
- A revolt in Zaragoza that led to the rise of the Banu Amrus
- What characterized the rule of Hisham
- The reign of Bermudo of Asturias and the aceifas of the Emirate of Córdoba under Hisham against the Kingdom of Asturias
- The return of Alfonso II 'the Chaste' from his exile and the definitive capital of Asturias, Oviedo
- The introduction and adoption of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence
- What was the central administration of the Emirate and Caliphate of Córdoba like
- The territorial organization of al-Andalus: interior and frontier marches
- Administration of justice in al-Andalus
- Financial administration of al-Andalus: legal and extralegal taxes, coinage, and how were taxes paid
- An anecdote that shows how the orthodoxy of the Maliki school was not always applied, in this case concerning the consumption of wine