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- Abbasid_Caliphate abstract "The Abbasid Caliphate (Arabic: الخلافة العباسية / ALA-LC: al-Khilāfah al-‘Abbāsīyyah), was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Prophet Muhammad. The Abbasid dynasty descended from the Prophet's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE). They ruled as caliphs from their capital in Baghdad, in modern Iraq, after taking over authority of the Muslim empire from the Umayyads in 750 CE (132 AH).The Abbasid caliphate first centered their government in Kufa, but in 762 the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, north of the Persian capital city of Ctesiphon. The choice of a capital so close to Persia proper reflects a growing reliance on Persian bureaucrats, most notably of the Barmakid family, to govern the territories conquered by Arab Muslims, as well as an increasing inclusion of non-Arab Muslims in the ummah. Despite this cooperation, the Abbasids of the 9th century were forced to cede authority over the Persian provinces to local dynastic emirs who only nominally acknowledged their suzerainty. This marked the beginning of a wider breakdown of Abbasid authority, with the loss of Al-Andalus and Maghreb to the Umayyads, Ifriqiya to the Aghlabids, and Egypt to the Shi'ite Caliphate of the Fatimids. The political power of the caliphs largely ended with the rise of the Buyids and the Seljuq Turks.Although Abbasid leadership over the vast Islamic empire was gradually reduced to a ceremonial religious function, the dynasty retained control over its Mesopotamian demesne. The capital city of Baghdad became a center of science, culture, philosophy and invention during the Golden Age of Islam. This period of cultural fruition ended in 1258 with the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan. The Abbasid caliphate, and Muslim culture in general, recentered itself in the Mamluk capital of Cairo in 1261. The dynasty continued to claim authority in religious matters until after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt, when the position of caliph was formally surrendered to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I.".
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital 762.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital 796.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital 836.
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- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Ar-Raqqah.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Baghdad.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Kufa.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Samarra.
- Abbasid_Caliphate currency Dirham.
- Abbasid_Caliphate currency Fals.
- Abbasid_Caliphate currency Gold_dinar.
- Abbasid_Caliphate dissolutionYear "1258".
- Abbasid_Caliphate foundingYear "0750".
- Abbasid_Caliphate governmentType Caliphate.
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- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Ar-Raqqah.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Baghdad.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Kufa.
- Abbasid_Caliphate capital Samarra.
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- Abbasid_Caliphate commonLanguages "Official language:".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate commonName "Abbasi".
- Abbasid_Caliphate continent "Afro-Eurasia".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate currency Dirham.
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- Abbasid_Caliphate governmentType "Caliphate".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate imageMapCaption "Abbasid Caliphate at its greatest extent, c. 850.".
- Abbasid_Caliphate leader "Al-Musta'sim".
- Abbasid_Caliphate leader "As-Saffah".
- Abbasid_Caliphate lifeSpan "750".
- Abbasid_Caliphate nativeName "al-Khilāfah al-‘Abbāsīyyah".
- Abbasid_Caliphate nativeName "الخلافة العباسية".
- Abbasid_Caliphate p "Dabuyid dynasty".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate p "Principality of Khuttal".
- Abbasid_Caliphate p "Umayyad Caliphate".
- Abbasid_Caliphate region "Middle East".
- Abbasid_Caliphate religion Islam.
- Abbasid_Caliphate religion Sunni_Islam.
- Abbasid_Caliphate s "Aghlabids".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate s "Fatimid Caliphate".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate status "Empire".
- Abbasid_Caliphate titleLeader Caliph.
- Abbasid_Caliphate yearEnd "1258".
- Abbasid_Caliphate yearLeader "1242".
- Abbasid_Caliphate yearLeader "750".
- Abbasid_Caliphate yearStart "750".
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- Abbasid_Caliphate subject Category:History_of_Iran.
- Abbasid_Caliphate subject Category:Medieval_Iraq.
- Abbasid_Caliphate subject Category:Muslim_dynasties.
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- Abbasid_Caliphate subject Category:States_and_territories_established_in_750.
- Abbasid_Caliphate subject Category:States_in_medieval_Anatolia.
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