ðɪs kˈeɪm æɾə tˈaɪm ɪnðɪ ɪslˈɑːmɪk wˈɜːld wɛn ˈʌðɚɹ ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃənz wɜː spɹˈɛdɪŋ tʊ ɐn ˈɛvɚ fˈɑːɹɹˈiːtʃɪŋ ɪslˈɑːmɪk wˈɜːld, ænd wɜː fˈeɪsɪŋ ɐ kəlˈæpsɪŋ kˈælɪfəl ˈɛmpaɪɚ.
This came at a time in the Islamic world when other institutions were spreading to an ever far-reaching Islamic world, and were facing a collapsing caliphal empire.