The corridors of the Bani Abbas state

The lines of this book roam the corridors of the Abbasid state to monitor the conditions of the people through several aspects, which may not have been sufficiently highlighted before, despite their importance as historical indicators that reveal the features of this era. In this context, the book deals with the "storytellers" who spread in the alleys to tell stories and anecdotes, and their role went beyond mere telling to other roles that appeared in many periods, especially times of adversity. One of the topics covered in the book is the "Council of Grievances," where the caliphs sat to consider some controversial issues to issue definitive rulings that could not be appealed and were implemented immediately. The lines of the book deal with those scientific missions that the Abbasid caliphs sent outside the borders of the state, to bring in rare books in various fields, to know the conditions of peoples, and to find out the latest developments in science, and they aimed behind this to achieve various goals...