How did the Muslim empire maintain its power for so long?

Answer 1

Answer 1

This is a great question ... !!!

Islam was spread by faith in 1 God and by love and spreading Allah's words (the Holy Quran) to all human beings.

Spread of Islam was mostly by the invitations coming from the oppressed unitarians (the true followers of the prophet Jesus, prayers be upon him) after the invention of the Trinity in original Christianity. The Roman Empire and Emperor wanted from the misguided priests to create a religion to unite all his empire under o religion, so they invented the Trinity in a try to make Christianity superior upon all the religions. By doing this, they changes the words of Allah, the ONE God and all the thanks due to Allah for sending the final messenger to correct the humanity faith into worshiping 1 God.

As those unitarians were believing in 1 God, Allah, and in Jesus (pbuh) as a human prophet sent a message from Allah to deliver to his people to worship Allah as 1 God. When those unitarians knew about the new revelation of the Islam and the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as the final messenger and the seal of prophets sent for all mankind, as Jesus (pbuh) told them and according to the real Christianity rules (), they start to seek the prophet Muhammad's help (pbuh) and sent invitations and a help messages to him as the trinitarians were slaughtering them and killing them to eradicate them from the earth. That is why most of the countries were opened for Islam without blood shedding.

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Answer 2

The early Caliphates (or Islamic Empires) expanded due to a number of factors. It is notable that although there are a few occurrences of Muslims carrying out the "Convert or Die" scenario, this is not the most common reason for Islam's expansion exclusively in terms of territory.

1) Arabia - What's that?: Prior to Mohammed, Arabia had been seen as a cultural and political backwater barely worth notice and therefore Mohammed's consolidation of the Arab Tribes was not seriously considered by the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires. This lead to a very porous southern defense and miscalculation of the Islamic Armies.

2) Byzantine-Sassanian Wars: Since the Byzantines and Sassanians considered each other the only real civilizations in the region, they fought each other numerous times in the early 600s C.E. over control of what is today East Turkey and Iraq. These were intense religious wars (Christian vs. Zoroastrian) and greatly weakened both empires at just the wrong time.

3) Tribal Command Structure: Arab Tribes and warriors owed their loyalty to their Sheikhs and leaders without fault because the Sheikh provided each person with all of the amenities and protection necessary to live a full life. Whenever the Arabs went to war, the Sheikhs could count on the ability to muster their tribesmen as soldiers without issue.

4) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.

5) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).

6) Warfare: The leaders charged with expanding the influence of Islam were thoughtful and diligent military leaders. Caliph 'Omar, who conquered much of the Levant, Egypt, Persia, and Iraq was well-known as a strategist and a fighter. It was this knowledge of warfare that allowed Muslim forces to expand the territory's influence.

7) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions.

Answer 2

The simple answer to this, I would like to add this is my personal opinion. The Muslims where so powerful because they actually lived Islam. They followed the Quran and they had faith. They seeked knowledge in all fields and the west was in awe of the Muslim empire. This may sound biased but its the truth. Because when the Muslims became weak that's when their faith stArted to weaken also.

Answer 3

Answer 1

Because they had very strong leaders throughout the Muslims.

Answer 2

This question is based on a fallacy, namely that "the" Muslim Empire maintained its power for a long time. This is not actually the case. There have been over 25 Muslim Empires that have each been in power for a few centuries, which was common for empires in that time period. The Rashidun Caliphate (630-660 CE) was replaced by the expansionist Umayyad Caliphate (660-750 CE) which deteriorated into separate Caliphates such as the Spanish Umayyads (750-1038 CE), the Idrissids (788-974 CE), the Aghlabids (800-950 CE) and the Abbassids (750-1258). The Abbassid Empire was perpetually losing territory.

Answer 4

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