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====The rise of Abbasid dynasty, the Sharia risky separate interpretations and unification====
[[File:1200px-Abbasid_Caliphate_and_Umayyad_Emirate.png|thumbnail|300px|left|The Abbasid Caliphate in 755.]]
In 750, the Abbasid dynasty was created after they overthrew the Umayyads. During the 500-year rule of the Abbasids, the Sharia matured. Under their absolute rule, the Abbasids transferred substantial areas of criminal law from qadis to the government. And although the qadis continued to handle cases involving religious, family, property, and commercial law, the Abbasids encouraged legal scholars to further debate the Sharia vigorously.
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