Rise And Fall Of The Abbasids Essay

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The Rise and Fall of the Abbasids The Abbasids was the third of the Islamic Caliphates who followed the Prophet Mohammed (P.B.H). Their dynasty descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib; the prophet’s youngest uncle. They moved the capital of Muslim’s empire from Damascus, Syria, to Baghdad, Iraq. The Abbasids ruled for two centuries from 750-1258. The Abbasids defeated the Umayyad’s in a battle of the Zab, near the Great Zab, with the leadership of Abu al-'Abbas as-Saffah. This occurred because the Abbasids were supported by the Persians. And that’s how they took over the Calipha. Abu al-'Abbas as-Saffah, brother of Abdullah, proclaimed afterwards the Caliph. The Abbasids believed that they are rightful for the calipha more than the Umayyads. They first centered their government in Kufa, but by the help of Caliph Al-Mansur, it was founded in Baghdad as it’s much more closer to Persia. This resulted in a growing reliance on the Persian bureaucrats. The Abbasids renowned themselves from the Umayyads by confronting their moral personality and administration in overall. They appealed to...

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