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Abbasid Caliphate

third Islamic caliphate (750–1258)
Organization caliphate Q12536

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
caliphate, state, historical country, Islamic state, state, country[4][5][6][7]
Native label
الدولة العبَّاسيَّة[40]

Status and dates

Inception
750[27]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
February 10, 1258[28]
Replaced by
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire, Fatimid Caliphate[37][38][39]

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ 33.315°, 44.366°

People

Founder
As-Saffah[20]

Relations

Follows
Umayyad Caliphate[23]
Followed by
Ilkhanate, Fatimid Caliphate, Tulunid Emirate of Egypt[24][25][26]
More facts +17
Religion or worldview
Islam[1]
Area
+13000000[42]
Basic form of government
islamic theocracy[21]
Capital
Samarra, Hashimiyya, Baghdad, Baghdad, Cairo[9][10][11][12]
Continent
Asia, Africa[2][3]
Culture
Islamic culture, culture of Iran[44][45]
Currency
gold dinar, Dirham[14][15]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, New International Encyclopedia, Belarusian encyclopedia[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Family
Abbasids[16]
Head of state
As-Saffah[8]
Language used
Arabic, Persian[46][47]
Main regulatory text
Qur’an, Sunnah, sharia[17][18][19]
Named after
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib[22]
Office held by head of state
Abbasid caliph[41]
Official language
Arabic[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[48][49]
Position held by head of the organization
Abbasid caliph[43]
🏷️ Also known as
en Abbasides en Abbasid Empire en Abbasid Caliphate en Abbasids en Abbasid period ar دولة بني العباس ar الخلافة العباسية ar الدولة العباسية cs Abbásovci cs Abbásovský chalífát da Abbaside-kalifatet de Abbassiden de Abbasiden-Kalifat de ʿAbbāsiden el Χαλιφάτο των Αββασιδών es califato abasi es califato abasí es tercer califato es califato abásida fa امپراتوری عباسی
🔖 Identifiers · 36
VIAF cluster ID
25399477
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85000061
GND ID
4221900-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Abbasid Caliphate-ar.png ↗
BBC Things ID
50dd326e-2254-4780-b760-f74be5a9dda4
De Agostini ID
Abbàsidi
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
190128
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Abbasid-caliphate
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
califat-abbasside-de-bagdad
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Freebase ID
/m/0d7c8
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
6000008
Show all 36 identifiers +24
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1q6h_y5f_
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2379565
Iranica ID
abbasid-caliphate
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
abbasid-caliphate
KBpedia ID
AbbasidCaliphate
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
39571
NE.se ID
abbasiddynastin
Namuwiki ID
아바스 왕조
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/F2B17FE0-3378-4DE2-9206-A2234188C28C
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007292830805171
Nomisma ID
abbasids
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3865030
OpenHistoricalMap relation ID
2860263
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtKZxpG0Sl0r
Quora topic ID
Abbasid-Caliphate
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID
926
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
abbasiler
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
بوابة:الدولة العباسية
Topic's main category
Category:Abbasid Caliphate
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
abbasidi
Wellcome Collection concept ID
qdm8zn3k
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["HistoricalCountry", "AbbasidCaliphate"]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJycQMDcPbmkmQ4j98FBT3
Yale LUX ID
place/fc15cb91-f186-4cb1-93a9-1140de6acab4

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🔗 Connections
Citizens 504
Abu Nuwas, Farabi, Al-Kindi, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, Jaafar Al-Sadiq, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Al-Mas'udi, Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj +496 more
Things located in country 54
Baghdad, Damascus, Mecca, Mosul, Basra, Termez, Khorasan, House of Wisdom +46 more
Participated in 34
Second Crusade, Siege of Baghdad, Arab–Byzantine wars, Battle of Talas, Battle of the Zab, Zanj Rebellion, Sack of Amorium, Arab–Khazar Wars +26 more
People born here 21
Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam, Abul-Abbas, Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani, Al-Fadl ibn Yahya, Abi'l-Saj Devdad, Sulayman ibn Wahb, Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan, Musa ibn Yahya +13 more
← Category combines topics 14
Category:People from the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:History of the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:Abbasid architecture, Category:Military history of the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:9th century in the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:8th century in the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:Centuries in the Abbasid Caliphate, Category:10th century in the Abbasid Caliphate +6 more
← Country of origin 11
Mamluk, astronomy in medieval Islam, Book of Roads and Kingdoms, Kitab al-Umm, Sunan al-Darimi, Al-Risala, Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity, Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh +3 more
People who died here 7
Narjis, Itakh, Al-Humaydī, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, 'Ujayf ibn 'Anbasa, Usman Harooni, Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi
← Allegiance 7
Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, Ashinas, Husayn ibn Hamdan, Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi, Khuzayma ibn Khazim, Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami, Abdallah ibn Hamdan
Contained subdivisions 5
Mecca, Medina, Merv, Jarya, Weh Antioch Khosrow
Instance of 5
state, country, caliphate, Islamic state, historical country
← Capital of 5
Cairo, Baghdad, Samarra, Kufa, Weh Antioch Khosrow
Described by source 4
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, New International Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
← Replaces 4
Ottoman Empire, Fatimid Caliphate, Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, Qarmatians
Capital 3
Cairo, Baghdad, Samarra
Followed by 3
Fatimid Caliphate, Ilkhanate, Tulunid Emirate of Egypt
Followed by (predecessor) 3
Fatimid Caliphate, Ilkhanate, Tulunid Emirate of Egypt
Main regulatory text 3
Qur’an, sharia, Sunnah
Replaced by 3
Ottoman Empire, Fatimid Caliphate, Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Belongs to 2
caliphate, Arab Caliphate
Continent 2
Africa, Asia
Culture 2
culture of Iran, Islamic culture
Currency 2
Dirham, gold dinar
Language used 2
Arabic, Persian
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
← Time period 2
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, Tell Bazmusian
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from the Abbasid Caliphate
Family 1
Abbasids
Follows 1
Umayyad Caliphate
Founder 1
As-Saffah
Has these parts 1
Battle of Tawahin
Head of state 1
As-Saffah
Located in this place 1
Fourth Fitna
Named after 1
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Official language 1
Arabic
Preceded by (successor) 1
Umayyad Caliphate
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Topic's main category 1
Category:Abbasid Caliphate
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
flag of the Abbasid Caliphate
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Abbasid Caliphate
← Commissioned by 1
Al-'Awasim
← Facet of 1
slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate
← Family 1
Al-Mu'ayyad
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Manichaeism
← Main subject 1
History of the Caliphs
← Narrative location 1
The Imam
← Operator 1
Al-'Awasim
← Work location 1
Ibn al-Bawwab
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The Abbasid Caliphate was a caliphate. It was founded on January 1, 750 by As-Saffah.

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Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib Abdul Qadir Gilani Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi Abu Nuwas Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr Abu Yusuf Academy of Gondishapur Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī Al-Baladhuri Ali al-Hadi Ali al-Rida Al-Karaji Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi Al-Kindi Al-Mas'udi Al-Muktafi Al-Muntasir Al-Muqtadi Al-Musta'in Al-Mustakfi Al-Mustansir Al-Mustansir II of Cairo Al-Mustarshid Al-Musta'sim Al-Mu'tadid Al-Mu'tamid

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