Question

With the assistance of the ulema and qadis, how was the Abbasid empire administered?

a. It was decentralized into local governments
b. It was remarkably separate from the Islamic religion
c. It was split between two administrators, a secular leader and a religious leader
d. It was developed under the guidelines of the Quran and sharia

Answer 1

With the assistance of the ulema and qadis, the Abbasid empire was administered "under the guidelines of the Quran and sharia," since there was an unflappable religious influence to the governance strategy.