The emergence and expansion of the Mu'tazilites in Iraq: an analysis based on the broadcasting theory

The Mu'tazilites and the reasons for its expansion in Iraq have always been the subject of research in this field. Therefore, the research question is, based on the broadcasting theory we pay to the reason of one of the main streams of Islamic history (Mu'tazilites) in Iraq, focusing on the two cities of Basra and Baghdad. A theory that explains a phenomenon in comparison to other places; the findings of the study, based on the expansion theory, indicate the influence of the geographical environment on the appearance and distribution of the Mutazil school of thought in the context of time and place, as well as the timing and division of the Mu'tazilian period of distribution, not based on the order of time but on the basis of internal gaps and their relationship with caliphs, and other findings from the research show that routes such as debates, the caliphate administration, the translation movement, and the Mawālī have been among of the main channels of transmission and distribution of Mu'tazilion.