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Caliphate
Abbasid Dynasty
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Al-Abbas ibn Muttalib
caliph Ali (of Arabia)
caliph Mansūr, Abū Ja’far al-
defeats and invasions
flourishing of Baghdād
neglect of Palestine
pottery
term “vizier”
areas ruled
arts, architecture, and culture
cities ruled
Fatimid Dynasty
history of the caliphate
Imam
individual caliphs
Islam
succession to Muhammad
Umayyad Dynasty
Abbasids
Abbasids, dynasty of caliphs who ruled the caliphate of Islam from 750 until 1258. All of these caliphs were descended from Abbas, a member of the...
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