State

Abbasid Caliphate

third Islamic caliphate (750–1258)

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750–1258 CE
Founded
750 CE
Ended
1258
Capital
Samarra, Hashimiyya, Baghdad, Cairo
Government
islamic theocracy
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Preceded by
Umayyad Caliphate
Succeeded by
Mamluk Sultanate of EgyptOttoman EmpireFatimid Caliphate

Overview

The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire was the third Islamic caliphate, ruled by the Abbasid dynasty. The dynasty was descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (d. 653), after whom it is named. The Abbasids rose to power in 750, when the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the preceding Umayyad Caliphate. They ruled as caliphs from their base in Iraq until 1258, with Baghdad as their capital for most of their history.

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All rulers (44)

  1. As-Saffah750–754 CE
  2. Al-Mansur754–775 CE
  3. Al-Mahdi775–785 CE
  4. Al-Hadi785–786 CE
  5. Harun al-Rashid786–809 CE
  6. Al-Amin809–813 CE
  7. al-Maʾmun813–833 CE
  8. Al-Mu'tasim833–842 CE
  9. Al-Wathiq842–847 CE
  10. Al-Mutawakkil847–861 CE
  11. Al-Muntasir861–862 CE
  12. Al-Musta'in862–865 CE
  13. Al-Mu'tazz866–869 CE
  14. Al-Muhtadi869–870 CE
  15. Al-Mu'tamid870–892 CE
  16. Al-Mu'tadid892–902 CE
  17. Al-Muktafi902–908 CE
  18. Al-Muqtadir908–932 CE
  19. Al-Qahir932–934 CE
  20. Ar-Radi934–940 CE
  21. Al-Muttaqi940–944 CE
  22. Al-Mustakfi944–946 CE
  23. Al-Muti946–974 CE
  24. At-Ta'i974–991 CE
  25. Al-Qadir991–1031 CE
  26. Al-Qa'im1031–1075
  27. Al-Muqtadi1075–1094
  28. Al-Mustazhir1094–1118
  29. Al-Mustarshid1118–1135
  30. Al-Rashid1135–1136
  31. Al-Muqtafi1136–1160
  32. Al-Mustanjid1160–1170
  33. Al-Mustadi1170–1180
  34. Al-Nasir1180–1225
  35. Az-Zahir1225–1226
  36. Al-Mustansir1226–1242
  37. Al-Musta'sim1242–1258
  38. Al-Mustansir II of Cairo1261
  39. al-Hakim I1262–1302
  40. Al-Mustakfi I of Cairo1302–1340
  41. Al-Wathiq I1336–1341
  42. Al-Hakim II1341–1352
  43. Al-Mu'tadid I1352–1362
  44. Al-Mu'tadid II1414–1441

Records (146)

  1. 627–764 CE — Khazar campaigns in GeorgiaCampaign
  2. 749–750 CE — Siege of WasitSiege
  3. 750 CE — Battle of the ZabBattle
  4. 750 CE — Sharik ibn Shaikh's RebellionRebellion
  5. 750 CE — Massacre of Bani UmayyaMassacre
  6. 751 CE — Battle of TalasBattle
  7. 754 CE — Uprising of Abd Allah ibn AliRebellion
  8. 755 CE — Sunpadh RebellionRebellion
  9. 759 CE — Battle of Melas RiverBattle
  10. 761 CE — Battle of TawurgahBattle · Arabs ▸ Berber Rebels
  11. 762–763 CE — Alid revolt of 762–763Battle
  12. 762 CE — Battle of Medina, Saudi ArabiaBattle · Abbasid Caliphate ▸ Shi'ite Rebels
  13. 763 CE — Siege of CarmonaSiege
  14. 763 CE — Battle of BakhamraBattle · Abbasid Caliphate ▸ Shiite Rebels
  15. 766 CE — Siege of KamachaSiege
  16. 771 CE — Battle of SycaBattle
  17. 776–777 CE — Siege of AncyraSiege
  18. 778 CE — Germanikeia CampaignCampaign
  19. 779 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  20. 780 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  21. 781 CE — Battle of CaesareaBattle
  22. 782 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  23. 784–804 CE — Tabaristan uprisingRebellion
  24. 786 CE — Battle of FakhkhBattle
  25. 788 CE — Battle of KopidnadonBattle
  26. 790 CE — Battle of Gulf of AttaleiaNaval battle
  27. 793 CE — Capture of ThebasaBattle
  28. 795 CE — Battle of AnusanBattle
  29. 798 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  30. 801 CE — Battle of DuluBattle
  31. 804 CE — Battle of KrasosBattle
  32. 806 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  33. 807 CE — Battle of the Cilician GatesBattle
  34. 809 CE — Battle of BaghdadBattle · Khorasan ▸ Abbasid Caliphate
  35. 810–835 CE — Zutt RebellionRebellion
  36. 811–819 CE — Fourth FitnaWar
  37. 812–813 CE — Siege of Baghdad (812-813)Siege
  38. 820–823 CE — Rebellion of Thomas the SlavRebellion
  39. 825 CE — Battle of AncyraBattle
  40. 829 CE — Battle of HashtadsarBattle
  41. 831 CE — Battle of CharsianonBattle
  42. 831 CE — Abbasid invasion of Asia MinorInvasion
  43. 832 CE — Capture of LoulonSiege
  44. 837 CE — Siege of SozopetraSiege
  45. 837 CE — Siege of ArsamosataSiege
  46. 838 CE — Sack of AmoriumBattle
  47. 839–841 CE — Abū Sa'īd's invasions of Asia MinorInvasion
  48. 842–848 CE — Bagha al-Kabir's campaign against NajdCampaign
  49. 842 CE — Battle of RekhaBattle
  50. 842–848 CE — Bugha al-Kabir's campaign in NajdCampaign
  51. 842 CE — Invasion of Muhammad ibn Khalid al-ShaybaniInvasion
  52. 843 CE — Battle of HamadanBattle
  53. 850–855 CE — Armenian RevoltRebellion
  54. 852 CE — Battle of Blood LakeBattle
  55. 853–854 CE — Campaign of Bugha al-Kabir in CaucasusCampaign
  56. 853–854 CE — Invasion of Bugha al-KabirInvasion
  57. 859 CE — Siege of SamosataSiege
  58. 860 CE — Battle of ChonarionBattle
  59. 861–870 CE — Anarchy at SamarraWar
  60. 862 CE — Capture of FarurriyahSiege
  61. 863 CE — Battle of KarasounkBattle
  62. 866–896 CE — Kharijite Rebellion of 866-896Rebellion
  63. 869–883 CE — Zanj RebellionWar
  64. 873 CE — Thughur Campaign of Basil ICampaign
  65. 876 CE — Battle of Dayr al-AqulBattle
  66. 878 CE — Battle of the Cilician GatesBattle
  67. 878 CE — Battle of PodandusBattle
  68. 879 CE — Germanikeia CampaignCampaign
  69. 882 CE — Campaign of MeliteneCampaign
  70. 883 CE — Battle of Mecca (883)Battle
  71. 883 CE — Battle of ChrysoboullonBattle
  72. 883 CE — Battle of Al-MukhtaraBattle · Muslim Caliphate ▸ Black Slaves
  73. 898 CE — Battle of Kibyrrhaiotai coastNaval battle
  74. 903 CE — Battle of HamaBattle
  75. 904 CE — Sack of ThessalonicaSiege
  76. 914–915 CE — First Fatimid invasion of EgyptInvasion
  77. 919–921 CE — Second Fatimid invasion of EgyptInvasion
  78. 927–928 CE — Qarmatian invasion of IraqInvasion
  79. 930 CE — Battle of MeccaBattle
  80. 932 CE — Battle of BaghdadBattle
  81. 942 CE — Battle of al-Mada'inBattle
  82. 942–944 CE — John Kourkouas' Mesopotamian campaignCampaign
  83. 962 CE — Battle of AleppoBattle · Byzantium ▸ Muslims
  84. 964 CE — Battle of AdanaBattle · Byzantium ▸ Hamdanid Dynasty
  85. 965 CE — Battle of TarsusBattle · Byzantium ▸ Emirate of Aleppo
  86. 969 CE — Fatimid conquest of EgyptWar
  87. 969 CE — Battle of AleppoBattle · Byzantium ▸ Muslims
  88. 969 CE — Battle of Antioch, SyriaBattle · Byzantium ▸ Muslims
  89. 973 CE — Battle of AmidaBattle · Muslims ▸ Byzantium
  90. 989 CE — Battle of LamghanBattle · Emirate of Bokhara ▸ Punjab, Chandella
  91. 998 CE — Battle of GhazniBattle · Mahmud ▸ Ismael
  92. 999 CE — Battle of MervBattle · Mahmud of Ghazni ▸ Amir Abdul Malik
  93. 1001 — Battle of PeshawarBattle · Ghazni ▸ Punjab, Hindu Princes
  94. 1002 — Battle of TarqBattle · Ghazni ▸ Persia
  95. 1003 — Battle of UkBattle · Mahmud of Ghazni ▸ Iranian Noble Rebels
  96. 1006 — Battle of WaihandBattle · Ghazni ▸ Hindu Shahi
  97. 1008 — Battle of BalkhBattle · Karakhan Dynasty ▸ Afghanistan
  98. 1008 — Battle of PeshawarBattle · Ghazni ▸ Waihind
  99. 1008 — Battle of WaihandBattle · Ghazni ▸ Hindu Shahi
  100. 1029 — Battle of SarjahanBattle · Mahmud of Ghazni ▸ Ibrahim Ibn Marzuban
  101. 1030 — Battle of AzazBattle · Misradid Arabs ▸ Byzantium
  102. 1031 — Battle of EdessaBattle · Byzantium ▸ Muslim Caliphate
  103. 1037 — Battle of NishapurBattle · Seljuk Turks ▸ Afghanistan, Persia
  104. 1040 — Battle of DandanaqanBattle · Seljuk Turks ▸ Ghaznavids
  105. 1041 — Battle of FatehabadBattle · Maudad ibn Mahmud ▸ Muhammad ibn Mahmud
  106. 1048 — Battle of HasankaleBattle · Seljuks ▸ Byzantium
  107. 1051 — Battle of TarqBattle · Seljuk Sultanate ▸ Ghazni
  108. 1054 — Battle of ManzikertBattle · Byzantium ▸ Seljuk Turks
  109. 1055 — Battle of BaghdadBattle · Seljuks ▸ Abbasid Caliphate
  110. 1059 — Battle of RayyBattle · Seljuk Sultanate ▸ Seljuk Turkish Rebels
  111. 1060 — Battle of KufahBattle · Arslan al-Basasiri ▸ Seljuks
  112. 1071 — Battle of ManzikertBattle · Seljuk Turks ▸ Byzantium
  113. 1085 — Battle of Antioch, SyriaBattle · Seljuk Turks ▸ Byzantium
  114. 1086 — Battle of AleppoBattle · Prince Tutush ▸ Sulaimain ibn Kutalmish
  115. 1097 — Battle of Antioch, SyriaBattle · Seljik Turks ▸ Crusaders
  116. 1097 — Battle of Antioch, SyriaBattle · Crusaders ▸ Seljuk Turks
  117. 1097 — Battle of TarsusBattle · Crusaders ▸ Seljuk Sultanate
  118. 1098 — Battle of EdessaBattle · Baldwin of Bouilon ▸ Muslim Caliphate
  119. 1098 — Battle of HarencBattle · Crusaders ▸ Muslims
  120. 1100 — Battle of MeliteneBattle · Emirate of Sebastea ▸ Principality of Antioch
  121. 1104 — Battle of HarranBattle · Kingdom of Antioch, Kingdom of Edessa ▸ Mosul
  122. 1107 — Battle of KhabarBattle · Aleppo ▸ Sultanate of Rum
  123. 1108 — Battle of MenbijBattle · Ridwanate of Aleppo, Principality of Antioch ▸ Le Bourg, County of Edessa, Governorate of Mosul
  124. 1115 — Battle of Tel-DanithBattle · Principality of Antioch ▸ Seljuk Sultanate
  125. 1117 — Battle of GhazniBattle · Seljuk Khorasan ▸ Ghor
  126. 1123 — Battle of Al-MubarakahBattle
  127. 1125 — Battle of AzazBattle · Kingdom of Jerusalem ▸ Governorate of Mosul
  128. 1130 — Battle of AnazarbusBattle · Armenia, Turkey ▸ Crusaders
  129. 1136 — Siege of Baghdad (1136)Siege
  130. 1144 — Battle of EdessaBattle · Seljuks ▸ County of Edessa
  131. 1146 — Battle of EdessaBattle · Seljuks ▸ County of Edessa
  132. 1148 — Battle of GhazniBattle · Ghazni ▸ Ghor
  133. 1151 — Battle of GhazniBattle · Ghor ▸ Ghazni
  134. 1152 — Battle of MopsuestiaBattle · Armenia ▸ Byzantium
  135. 1153 — Battle of BalkhBattle · Oghuz Turks ▸ Seljuk Sultanate of Khorasan
  136. 1157 — Siege of Baghdad (1157)Siege
  137. 1219–1258 — Mongol invasion of Persia and MesopotamiaInvasion
  138. 1220 — Battle of HamadanBattle · Mongols ▸ Khwarezmian Empire
  139. 1221 — Battle of BamianBattle · Mongols ▸ Khwarezm
  140. 1221 — Battle of IndusBattle · Mongols ▸ Khwarezm
  141. 1221 — Battle of MervBattle · Mongols ▸ Khwarezm Empire
  142. 1221 — Battle of NishapurBattle · Mongols ▸ Persia
  143. 1221 — Battle of Parwan DurrahBattle · Khwarezm ▸ Mongols
  144. 1225 — Siege of ShushtarSiege
  145. 1236 — Sack of ErbilBattle
  146. 1258 — Siege of BaghdadBattle

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