House of al-Abbas

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The House of al-Abbas was the ruling Abbasid dynasty of the Islamic Caliphate, renowned for overseeing a golden age of science, culture, and learning centered in Baghdad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
ruling house
coreRegion Iraq
Mesopotamia
country Abbasid Caliphate
culturalCenter Baghdad
Samarra
dynasticEthnicity Arab
linked to: Arabs
endTime 1258
establishedInstitution Bayt al-Hikma
linked to: House of Wisdom
fallEvent Siege of Baghdad (1258)
fellTo Mongol Empire
firstRuler Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
linked to: Caliph al-Saffah
followedBy Mongol rule in Baghdad
foundedBy As-Saffah
linked to: as-Saffah
governmentForm Caliphate
hasCapital Baghdad
Kufa
Samarra
hasEvent Abbasid Revolution
hasLanguage Arabic
knownFor Islamic Golden Age
patronage of literature
patronage of philosophy
patronage of science
translation movement
urban development of Baghdad
lastRuler Al-Musta'sim
linked to: al-Musta'sim
legitimizedBy descent from the Prophet's family
namedAfter al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
notableRuler Al-Ma'mun
linked to: al-Ma'mun

Al-Mansur
Al-Mu'tasim
linked to: al-Mu'tasim

Al-Mutawakkil
linked to: al-Mutawakkil

Al-Nasir
Harun al-Rashid
overthrew Umayyad Caliphate
partOf Banu Hashim
precededBy Umayyad Caliphate
promoted Greek-to-Arabic translations
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
sharesAncestryWith House of Muhammad
startTime 750
territoryIncludes Arabian Peninsula
Central Asia
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan

North Africa
Syria
Transoxiana
usedTitle Amir al-Mu'minin
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin

Caliph

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al-Musta'in house House of al-Abbas
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh descendedFrom Banū al-ʿAbbās
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh house House of al-ʿAbbās
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Wathiq house House of al-ʿAbbās
linked to: House of al-Abbas
ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ancestorOf Abbasid caliphs
linked to: House of al-Abbas
ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās familyBranch Banū al-ʿAbbās
linked to: House of al-Abbas
ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās house House of al-ʿAbbās
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Muntasir house House of al-ʿAbbas
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Marida partOfDynasty Abbasid dynasty
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Amin house House of al-Abbas
Ibn al-Mahdi memberOf Abbasid dynasty
subject linked to: ibn al-Mahdi
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Ma'bad ibn Abbas memberOf Abbasid family
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Mu'tazz house House of al-Abbas
Abbasid caliphs in Cairo dynasticAffiliation Abbasid dynasty
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Hadi house House of al-Abbas
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abbasi memberOf Abbasid family
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Qādir of Toledo claimedDescentFrom Abbasid dynasty
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Abu Muslim employer Abbasid family
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad house House of al-Abbas
Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim partOf Abbasid Caliphate ruling family
linked to: House of al-Abbas
Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim house House of al-Abbas
al-Muwaffaq house House of al-ʿAbbas
linked to: House of al-Abbas
al-Mu'tadid house House of al-Abbas
Abu Jaʿfar al-Muntasir bi-llah caliphalHouse House of al-ʿAbbas
linked to: House of al-Abbas