Abbasid Caliphate

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Caliphate Islamic dynasty historical empire

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.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
Abbasid Caliphate canonical 296
Abbasid dynasty 24
Abbasid era 19

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 Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 House of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: 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 as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: al-Mansur
significantEvent Abbasid Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid Revolution

Battle of the Zab ⓘ
Mihna (inquisition) ⓘ
Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ
surface form: Mongol conquest of Baghdad

Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ
Samarra period ⓘ
establishment of Abbasid caliphate in Cairo ⓘ
founding of Baghdad ⓘ
startTime 750 ⓘ
succeededBy Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt

Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
surface form: 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 (401)

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

Arab world → hasHistoricalEmpire → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Sind → partOf → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Arabs → historicalEmpire → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → expandedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid caliphs
Umayyad Caliphate → followedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → overthrownBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid Revolution
Thuluth script → prominentDynastyUsage → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → significantEvent → Abbasid Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid Revolution
Abbasid Caliphate → dynasty → Abbasid Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid dynasty
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Aqsa Mosque → restoredBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Saadia Gaon → countryOfBirth → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Saadia Gaon → placeOfDeath → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Baghdad → foundedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Baghdad → wasCapitalOf → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → underRuleOf → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
Dar al-Islam → appliesTo → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Holy Land → historicalControlBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate → successor → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt
Fatimid Caliphate → rival → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Mamluk rulers of Egypt → legitimizedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid caliphs in Cairo
Sinbad the Sailor → associatedWith → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid
Hanafi school → historicallyAdoptedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts)
Suhrawardiyya → patronage → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
al‑Hallaj → countryOfBirth → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj
al‑Hallaj → countryOfDeath → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj
al‑Hallaj → era → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: al-Hallaj
this entity surface form: Abbasid era
Tyre → ruledBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Sidon → ruledBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Quraysh → providedCaliphsTo → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → underOccupation → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Bagratid Armenia → recognizedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Bagratid Armenia → borderedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ibn Muqla → employer → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ibn Muqla → countryOfCitizenship → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ibn Muqla → culture → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid
Marwan II → successorState → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Dinar → usedIn → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Dirham → usedDuring → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Sunan al-Nasa’i → placeOfCompilation → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Kufa → historicalPeriod → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Basra school of grammar → era → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: early Abbasid period
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib → notableDescendants → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid dynasty
Mongol Ilkhanate → predecessor → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
as-Saffah → dynasty → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
this entity surface form: Abbasid dynasty
Mihna (inquisition) → country → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: Mihna
Mihna (inquisition) → enforcedBy → Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: Mihna
this entity surface form: Abbasid caliphs