The Buyids Did Not Take the Abbasid Caliph's Authority Seriously

question 40

Multiple Choice

The Buyids did not take the Abbasid caliph's authority seriously because

• A) they were not particularly devout Muslims.
• B) the caliph had allowed himself to be unseated so easily.
• C) they believed the elite in Baghdad was too effete to enforce its will.
• D) they were Shi'ites and the caliph was Sunni.
• E) the caliph was the 12th Imam.

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