Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads  What problems were the
Abbasid facing from Shi'a opposition?  - revolts and
assassination attempts  What problem continued to go on even
after the death of Al-Mahdi  -Arguing about who will the
successor  Who did Harun al-Rashid become heavily dependent upon
during his reign?  - a family of persian advisors  what problems
began surfacing in the royal court of the Muslim Empire that was
very similar to problems China felt during the Han Dynasty?  -
advisers got more and more powerful; people on the thrown turned
into figure heads  What occured after Harun's death?  -several
full scale civil wars over succession  What became the solution
to potential heirs to the Muslim Empire in regards to civil war?
-build personal armies  How did slave mercenaries play a role in
the decline of the Abbasids?  - 846 c.e. slave mercenaries
murdered the reigning caliph -mercenaries became a major force
for social unrest.  List the three causes for the Muslim
Empire's treasure have on Muslim