At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
The Abbasid state arose in Baghdad, built the House of Wisdom library, and gathered scholars and books from everywhere to spread knowledge.
The Abbasid Caliphate was a major caliphate that ruled after the Umayyads and built its famous capital Baghdad on the Tigris River. Science, translation, and mathematics flourished in its era, and its caliphs founded the House of Wisdom to gather knowledge and encourage scholars.
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A major Islamic caliphate established in 132 AH (750 CE) following the fall of the Umayyads, lasting until the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 656 AH (1258 CE), with a shadow caliphate surviving in Mamluk Cairo until the Ottoman conquest in 923 AH (1517 CE). From its capital Baghdad on the Tigris, its early era witnessed a flourishing of administration, jurisprudence, translation, medicine, and mathematics, anchored by institutions like the House of Wisdom.
Overview
The Abbasid caliphate was founded in 750 CE and ended in 1258 CE, succeeding the Umayyad state. Its capital was Baghdad, then Cairo. 1
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Connections
- Successor of
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Predecessor of
- Fatimid Caliphate· Ilkhanate
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Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· The Fatimid saddle treasury· Da'i al-Du'at — the chief missionary· The diwan manifesto impugning the Ubaydid genealogy· Abaga ibn Hulagu· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· Rashidun Caliphate
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Abbasid Caliphate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/abbasid-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.