Taking advantage of widespread discontent with Ummayad rule, descendants of al-Abbas brought about the end of the Ummayad Caliphate in the East. The capital of the Caliphate moved to Baghdad, Iraq.
Caliph Abu-al-Abbas and his descendants reigned from 750 to 1258, when Baghdad fell to the Mongols. From 945, they did not rule as such, but were "under the protection" of the Buwayhids, and later the Seljuks.
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An account of the dynasty, with particular reference to their impact on the city of Baghdad.
Part of a longer article on the history of Islam; outlines the Abbasid caliphate, independent and alongside other dynasties, then under the protection of the Seljuks until the death of Abdullah al-Musta'sim and the start of the Khanid dynasty.
Brief profile of the second Abbasid Caliph.
An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) offers a profile of the caliphate, and illustrations of their cultural and artistic achievement.
Chapter 5 of a book by Gaston Wiet describes the intellectual, cultural and scientific ferment of the Abbasid court.
Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids.
"The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs.
Brief profile of the second Abbasid Caliph.
An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) offers a profile of the caliphate, and illustrations of their cultural and artistic achievement.
"The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs.
Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids.
Chapter 5 of a book by Gaston Wiet describes the intellectual, cultural and scientific ferment of the Abbasid court.
Part of a longer article on the history of Islam; outlines the Abbasid caliphate, independent and alongside other dynasties, then under the protection of the Seljuks until the death of Abdullah al-Musta'sim and the start of the Khanid dynasty.
An account of the dynasty, with particular reference to their impact on the city of Baghdad.
