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While the Abbasids originally gained power by exploiting the social inequalities against non-Arabs in the Umayyad Empire, during Abbasid rule the empire rapidly Arabized, particularly in the Fertile Crescent region (namely Mesopotamia and the Levant) as had begun under Umayyad rule. As knowledge was shared in the Arabic language throughout the ...
Al-Mu'tasim, (833–842) was an Abbasid caliph, patron of the art and a powerful military leader. Al-Wathiq, (r. 842–847) was an Abbasid caliph, he was well educated and with a considerable interest in scholarship. Al-Mutawakkil, (r. 847–861) was the tenth Abbasid caliph, under his reign the Abbasid Empire reached its territorial height.
After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as the Umayyad Empire and later the Abbasid Empire, [1] [2] Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India. [citation needed]
Map of the Abbasid Empire, it vassals and other world empires in the 9th century Gold dinar minted during the reign of al-Amin (809–813) Map showing the major Varangian trade routes: the Volga trade route (in red) and the Trade Route from the Varangians to the Greeks (in purple). Other trade routes of the eighth-eleventh centuries shown in ...
The 806 invasion of Asia Minor was the largest of a long series of military operations launched by the Abbasid Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire.The expedition took place in southeastern and central Asia Minor, where the two states shared a long land border.
The Abbasid revolution (Arabic: الثورة العباسية, romanized: ath-thawra al-ʿAbbāsiyyah), [a] [1] was the overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate (661–750 CE), the second of the four major caliphates in Islamic history, by the third, the Abbasid caliphate (750–1517 CE).
The Almoravids recognize the Abbasid caliph's religious and nominal authority (c. 1062). 27 2 April 1075 – February 1094 al-Muqtadī bi-amri ’llāh: Abū'l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, Abbasid prince; Urjuwuan, Armenian concubine; He was born to Abbasid prince Muhammad Dhakirat and an Armenian Umm walad. [17]
Map of the fragmented Abbasid empire at the start of al-Mu'tadid's reign, with areas still under direct control of the Abbasid central government (dark green) and under autonomous rulers (light green) adhering to nominal Abbasid suzerainty. The Orientalist Harold Bowen described al-Mu'tadid at his accession as follows: [5]