La política religiosa de al-Mutawakkil. El papel de Ibn Qutayba en la afirmación al sunnismo

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Abstract: Based both on major Arabic sources about al-Mutawakkil’s caliphate as well as on the most important events of his reign, this article aims to: a) highlight the importance of the religious policy of al-Mutawakkil (822-861) in his attempt to restore the orthodox Sunnism in the Empire, and b) demonstrating how the famous Iraqi polygraph, Ibn Qutayba (828-889), influenced the new policy statement, specially through his ʿUyūn al-ajbār.