House of Abbas

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caliphal dynasty royal dynasty ruling family

The House of Abbas was the ruling Abbasid dynasty that overthrew the Umayyads and established one of the most influential Islamic caliphates, centered in Baghdad.

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Label Occurrences
House of Abbas canonical 11

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caliphal dynasty ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
ruling family ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
capital Baghdad ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
claimsDescentFrom al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form: Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
claimsLegitimacyFrom kinship with Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
continuedAsShadowCaliphateUntil 1517 ⓘ
coreTerritory Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khurasan
country Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
dynasticBranchOf Banu Hashim ⓘ
dynasticTitle Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid
endTime 1258 ⓘ
established Baghdad as imperial capital ⓘ
firstCaliphFromHouse as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
foundedBy al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form: Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
governmentForm Caliphate ⓘ
hasAncestralFounder al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form: Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
hasEthnicity Arab ⓘ
knownFor Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
patronage of literature ⓘ
patronage of philosophy ⓘ
patronage of science ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
lastCaliphInBaghdadFromHouse al-Musta'sim ⓘ
surface form: Al-Musta'sim
lastCaliphInCairoFromHouse al-Mutawakkil III ⓘ
surface form: Al-Mutawakkil III
namedAfter al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form: Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
notableRuler al-Ma'mun ⓘ
surface form: Al-Ma'mun

Al-Mansur ⓘ
al-Mu'tasim ⓘ
surface form: Al-Mu'tasim

Al-Muqtadir ⓘ
as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: Al-Saffah

Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
overthrew Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
parentHouse Banu Hashim ⓘ
partOf Banu Hashim ⓘ
precededBy Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad dynasty
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
ruledAs Caliph ⓘ
surface form: Caliphs
seatOfPower Iraq ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
startTime 750 ⓘ
succeededBy Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ
surface form: Mongol Ilkhanate in Baghdad

Ottoman Caliphate in wider Sunni leadership ⓘ
usedTitle Amir al-Mu’minin ⓘ
surface form: Amir al-Mu'minin

Caliph ⓘ
surface form: Caliph of the Muslims

Referenced by (11)

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

as-Saffah → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
al-Mu'tasim → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
Harun al-Rashid → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
al-Musta'sim → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
Al-Mansur → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
al-Mu'tamid → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
al-Muhtadi → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
al-Mutawakkil → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
subject surface form: Al-Mutawakkil
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
ibn al-Mahdi → house → House of Abbas ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibn al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi → house → House of Abbas ⓘ