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Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate
In 750, a revolutionary movement led by the Abbasid clan defeated the last Umayyad caliph Marwan II at the Battle of the Great Zab in Iraq, ending Um…
Timeline
- 747–749Khorasan · KhorasanAbu Muslim rose in revolt in Khorasan, and the Abbasid clan rallied under the banner of the "Hashemite family" to overthrow Umayyad rule; the revolutionary wave swept across the eastern provinces.
- 750Great Zab · MesopotamiaMarwan II led the Umayyad army against the Abbasid coalition in a decisive battle at the Great Zab; the Umayyad forces were crushed and the last caliph's regime collapsed.
- 750Syria · SyriaMarwan II was killed while fleeing, the Umayyad power center in Damascus fell, and Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah was enthroned as the new caliph, ending Umayyad legitimacy in Syria.
Sources
- al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings — 塔巴里