Umayyad–Abbasid conflict

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civil war historical conflict power struggle

The Umayyad–Abbasid conflict was a protracted 8th-century power struggle in the early Islamic world that culminated in the Abbasid overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate and the establishment of a new ruling dynasty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry 2
Abbasid–Umayyad conflict 1
Umayyad–Abbasid conflict canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
historical conflict ⓘ
power struggle ⓘ
cause claims of Abbasid family to the caliphate ⓘ
discontent among non-Arab Muslims (mawali) ⓘ
political opposition to Umayyad rule ⓘ
regional grievances in Khurasan ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Second Fitna ⓘ
conflictBetween Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid movement

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
endTime 750 ⓘ
followedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
hasPart Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
Abbasid seizure of Damascus ⓘ
Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid takeover of Kufa

Battle of the Zab ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Abbasid period ⓘ
late Umayyad period ⓘ
ideologicalAspect competition over leadership of the Muslim community ⓘ
use of pro-Hashimite propaganda ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khurasan

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
early Islamic world ⓘ
mainResult end of Umayyad rule in most of the Islamic world ⓘ
establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
notableOutcome massacre of many members of the Umayyad family ⓘ
shift of political center from Syria to Iraq ⓘ
survival of an Umayyad branch in al-Andalus ⓘ
opponent Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid dynasty

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad dynasty
partOf Islamic civil wars ⓘ
history of the early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
significantEvent Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
Battle of the Zab ⓘ
significantFigure Abu Muslim ⓘ
surface form: Abu Muslim al-Khurasani

Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ

Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (Imam of the Abbasids)

Marwan II ⓘ
Al-Mansur ⓘ
surface form: al-Mansur
startTime 8th century ⓘ
c. 740s ⓘ
temporalContext 8th century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Fitna → partOf → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
Abbasid Revolution → precededBy → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry
Abbasid uprising in Khorasan → politicalContext → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry
Islamic civil wars → hasComponentConflict → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid–Umayyad conflict
Sakina bint Husayn → associatedWith → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad–Hashimite conflict