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Abbasid
Taking advantage of widespread discontent with Ummayad rule, descendants of al-Abbas brought about the end of the Ummayad Caliphate in the East. The capital of the Caliphate moved to Baghdad, Iraq.
Caliph Abu-al-Abbas and his descendants reigned from 750 to 1258, when Baghdad fell to the Mongols. From 945, they did not rule as such, but were "under the protection" of the Buwayhids, and later the Seljuks.
Caliph Abu-al-Abbas and his descendants reigned from 750 to 1258, when Baghdad fell to the Mongols. From 945, they did not rule as such, but were "under the protection" of the Buwayhids, and later the Seljuks.
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The Abassid Dynasty
A summary of the second Arab Caliphate, their achievements, and threats to their rule. Also covers the development of the Mamluks, and the decline of the dynasty.
Abbasid
A summary history of the Caliphate, as rulers and later under the protection of the Mamluks in Egypt; from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The 'Abbasid caliphate
An account of the dynasty, with particular reference to their impact on the city of Baghdad.
Abbasid Caliphs
Part of a longer article on the history of Islam; outlines the Abbasid caliphate, independent and alongside other dynasties, then under the protection of the Seljuks until the death of Abdullah al-Musta'sim and the start of the Khanid dynasty.
The Abbasid Golden Age
A summary of the high points of the Caliphate, now based in Baghdad.
Abbasids
Summary article of the family which formed the last Arab Caliphates; also covers their decline, until only symbolic value remained. From Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Abbasids
A history of the Abbasids, first as rulers in their own right, later under the protection of the Seluk Dynasty.
Abbasids
Profiles of the most prominent Abbasid Caliphs, from the Islamic Dictionary. [English and Arabic]
Al-Mansur 712 - 775
Brief profile of the second Abbasid Caliph.
The Art of the Abbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.)
An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) offers a profile of the caliphate, and illustrations of their cultural and artistic achievement.
Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate
Chapter 5 of a book by Gaston Wiet describes the intellectual, cultural and scientific ferment of the Abbasid court.
Baghdad under the Abbasids
A description of the city under Abbasid rule by Yakut (c. 1000 CE); from the Medieval Sourcebook.
Egypt: History - Abbasid Period
Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids.
Islam Chronology
A timeline of the Abbasid Caliphate, covering the establishing of the four orthodox schools of law; include links to translations of original source materials.
Medieval Sourcebook : Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (ca. 895?-957 CE)
"The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs.
They Came to Baghdad
An account of the tumultuous history of the "city of peace", in its time of glory as the seat of the Abbasid Caliphs, up to its sack by the Mongols.
Al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad Bin Musa
Biography of one of the most influential Muslim mathematicians, born in a town in what is present day Uzbekistan around 770. |
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