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Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) was the dynastic regime ruling the Islamic world after the Umayyads, with the Abbasid family as the caliphal line, w…
Timeline
- 750–762Kufa–Baghdad area · IraqAbu al-Abbas al-Saffah led the Abbasid Revolution to overthrow the Umayyad dynasty, establishing a caliphal regime centered on the Abbasid family, initially with its capital at Kufa in Iraq.
- 762–800Baghdad · BaghdadAl-Mansur built the round city of Baghdad and moved the capital there; the imperial administrative system became increasingly complete. By the time of Harun al-Rashid, the realm covered the Middle East, eastern North Africa, and vast areas of Central Asia, entering an early golden age.
Sources
- Abbasid caliphate https://www.britannica.com/topic/Abbasid-caliphate