- and scholars.
Since much
support for the
Abbasids came from
Persian converts, it was
natural for the
Abbasids to take over much of the
Persian tradition...
-
opposition figures rendered the
Abbasids as the only
realistic contenders for the void that
would be left by the Umayyads. The
Abbasids kept
quiet about their...
- the
Abbasids once
again gained control of Iraq, but the sack of
Baghdad by the
Mongols in 1258
brought the
Abbasid caliphate to an end.
Early Abbasid architecture...
- The
Abbasid dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو العَبَّاس, romanized: Banū al-ʿAbbās) or the
Abbasids (Arabic: العَبَّاسيُّون, romanized: al-ʿAbbāsiyyūn) were an Arab...
- authority. The
Abbasid caliphs remained the
generally recognized suzerains of **** Islam, however. In the mid-12th century, the
Abbasids regained their...
- The
Abbasid Palace (Arabic: القصر العباسي, romanized: Al-Qasr al-Abbasi) is an
ancient Abbasid complex and an
Iraqi historical palace located near the...
- The
harem of the
caliphs of the
Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) in
Baghdad was
composed of his mother, wives,
slave concubines,
female relatives and slave...
-
disillusioned when the
Abbasid al-Saffah (r. 750–754)
declared himself caliph, as they had
hoped for an Alid
leader instead. The
Abbasids soon
turned against...
-
Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i on
behalf of the
Abbasid Caliphate. By the end of the campaign, the
Abbasids brought the
political domination of the Ibadites...
-
Samarra is a city in
central Iraq,
which served as the
capital of the
Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892.
Founded by the
caliph al-Mu'tasim,
Samarra was...
