Abbasid Caliphate

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The Abbasid Caliphate was a major Islamic dynasty that ruled from the mid-8th to the 13th century, overseeing a golden age of science, culture, and philosophy centered in its capital, Baghdad.


Statements (85)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliphate
Islamic dynasty
historical empire
administrativeLanguage Arabic
capital Baghdad
Samarra
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
culturalCenter Baghdad
Basra
Kufa
Nishapur
Samarra
currency dinar
dirham
dissolved 1258
1517
dynasty Abbasid dynasty
endTime 1258
1517
era Middle Ages
ethnicComposition Arabs
Berbers
Persians
Turks
various non-Arab Muslims
firstCaliph as-Saffah
firstRuler as-Saffah
followed Umayyad Caliphate
governmentForm caliphate
theocratic monarchy
hasCapital Baghdad
Samarra
hasPart House of Wisdom
inception 750
knownFor Persian cultural influence
advances in astronomy
advances in mathematics
advances in medicine
advances in philosophy
translation movement
lastRuler al-Musta'sim
al-Mutawakkil III
militaryFeature use of Turkish slave soldiers (ghilman)
namedAfter al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
notableContribution development of algebra
development of hospitals (bimaristans)
development of optics
preservation of Greek philosophy
notableInstitution Bayt al-Hikma
officialLanguage Arabic
officialReligion Islam
partOf Islamic Golden Age
peakPeriod 8th century
9th century
politicalStructure centralized bureaucracy
precededBy Umayyad Caliphate
religion Sunni Islam
replacedBy Mamluk Sultanate
Mongol Ilkhanate
ruler Harun al-Rashid
al-Ma'mun
al-Mu'tasim
secondCaliph al-Mansur
significantEvent Abbasid Revolution
Battle of the Zab
Mihna (inquisition)
Mongol conquest of Baghdad
Sack of Baghdad (1258)
Samarra period
establishment of Abbasid caliphate in Cairo
founding of Baghdad
startTime 750
succeededBy Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt
Mongol Ilkhanate in Iraq
territoryIncludes Arabian Peninsula
Central Asia
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
North Africa
Syria
parts of the Indian subcontinent
writingSystem Arabic script

Referenced by (112)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Abbasid Caliphate ("Abbasid dynasty")
Al-Mansur ("Abbasid dynasty")
As-Saffah ("Abbasid dynasty")
Harun al-Rashid ("Abbasid dynasty")
al-Ma'mun
al-Mu'tasim ("Abbasid")
al-Musta'sim ("Abbasid dynasty")
al-Mutawakkil III ("Abbasid dynasty")
dynasty
Battle of the Zab
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Sinbad the Sailor ("Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid")
al-Musta'sim ("Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad")
associatedWith
Mihna
Sack of Baghdad (1258)
Samarra period
country
Basra school of grammar ("early Abbasid period")
Mustansiriya Madrasah ("Abbasid era")
al-Hallaj ("Abbasid era")
era
Al-Mansur
al-Mu'tasim
caliphate
Saadia Gaon
al-Hallaj
countryOfBirth
Al-Kindi
Ibn Muqla
employer
Islamic Caliphates
Islamic Caliphates ("Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo")
hasComponent
Holy Land
Palestine
historicalControlBy
House of Wisdom
Mustansiriya Madrasah
locatedIn
Samarra period ("Abbasid era")
Sind
partOf
Mustansiriya Madrasah ("Abbasid caliphs")
Suhrawardiyya
patronage
Harun al-Rashid
Saadia Gaon
placeOfDeath
Bagratid Armenia
Iltutmish
recognizedBy
Sidon
Tyre
ruledBy
Lydda
Tarsus
underRuleOf
Levant region
Tarabulus al-Gharb
wasPartOf
Dar al-Islam
appliesTo
House of Wisdom ("Abbasid dynasty")
associatedWithDynasty
Battle of Talas
belligerent
Al-Kindi
birthPlace
Bagratid Armenia
borderedBy
Samarra
capitalOf
Al-Khwarizmi
citizenship
Sack of Baghdad (1258)
combatant
Arab–Byzantine wars
conflictBetween
Idrisid dynasty
conflictWith
Merv
countryAtTimeOfPeak
Edessa
countryDuringMiddleAges
Battle of Talas
countryInvolved
Ibn Muqla
countryOfCitizenship
al-Hallaj
countryOfDeath
The Three Apples
countryOfOrigin
al-Musta'sim
countryOfRule
Ibn Muqla ("Abbasid")
culture
Al-Kindi
deathPlace
Islamic kalam
developedInRegion
Macedonian dynasty
diplomaticRelations
Mihna ("Abbasid caliphs")
enforcedBy
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ("Abbasid caliphs")
expandedBy
Umayyad Caliphate
followedBy
Buyid dynasty
follows
Baghdad
foundedBy
Rayy ("Abbasid Caliphate (as provincial center)")
governedBy
Middle East and North Africa
hasHistoricalCivilization
Arab world
hasHistoricalEmpire
Islamic world
hasHistoricEmpire
Early Middle Ages ("Abbasid Caliphate era")
hasPart
Arabic literature ("Abbasid period")
hasPeriod
Arabs
historicalEmpire
Khorasan
historicalEra
Hanafi school ("Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts)")
historicallyAdoptedBy
Kufa
historicalPeriod
Samarra
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing
Early Islamic period
includesDynasty
Mamluk rulers of Egypt ("Abbasid caliphs in Cairo")
legitimizedBy
Islamic Golden Age
majorDynasty
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ("Abbasid dynasty")
notableDescendants
Byzantine navy
notableOpponent
Mongol conquests
opponent
Hülegü Khan ("Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad")
overthrew
Umayyad Caliphate ("Abbasid Revolution")
overthrownBy
Al-Kindi ("Abbasid caliphs")
patron
Harun al-Rashid
placeOfBirth
Sunan al-Nasa’i
placeOfCompilation
David ben Zakkai
politicalContext
Samanid Empire
precededBy
Mongol Ilkhanate
predecessor
Thuluth script
prominentDynastyUsage
Quraysh
providedCaliphsTo
Battle of Talas
relatedTo
Al-Aqsa Mosque
restoredBy
Fatimid Caliphate
rival
The Three Apples ("Abbasid era")
settingPeriod
Abbasid Caliphate ("Abbasid Revolution")
significantEvent
Buyid dynasty
subordinateTo
Fatimid Caliphate ("Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt")
successor
Marwan II
successorState
al-Ma'mun
territoryRuled
David ben Zakkai ("Abbasid Caliphate era")
timePeriod
Nishapur
underDynasty
Palestinian Jews
underOccupation
Dirham
usedDuring
Dinar
usedIn
Baghdad
wasCapitalOf

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