<em>D. The Abbasid state was headed by a caliph who was theoretically the state's supreme religious and political leader.
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<u>Explanation</u>:
Caliphs were interested in holding political and religious power within Abbasid state. They tried to run the <em>government based on Islamic approach rather than secular approach. </em>
Their <em>orientation was towards the Islamic approach</em> in the governing of the state and making of rules and regulations based upon Islamic beliefs. They managed to stick by the <em>Islamic norms in the politics of the Abbasid politics</em>.
<em>These are the reasons for the combination between the religious and political aspects in the Abbasid state’s concept of rulership. </em>
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