The Abbasid Dynasty Caliphs, Founding, administration
The Holden period of Islam Founding of the Abbasid Dynasty The Abbasid Dynasty is traced back to an uncle of Hazrat Muhammad(SAW) Al-Abbas. It belonged to Hashimite from the Quraysh tribe of Makkah. Abu Muslim began the political uprising in 747 CE. In 750 CE in the battle of Great Zab in Mesopotamia they defeated Marwan II, the last Ummayad Caliph. Abbasid caliphate was established and Abu al Abbas Al Saffah took the charge as a first Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasids stayed in power for almost 500 years (750- 1258CE). There were 36 successive caliphs who ruled during the period. Abu Jaffer Mansur, Harun ur Rashid, Mamun ur Rasheed were amongst the prominent rulers of Abbasid Dynasty. The history and guide towards Abbasid caliphate can be divided into two parts . The first period was the Golden Age of the caliphate, extending from the establishment of their empire to the death of the tenth Abbasid Caliph, Al Mutawakkil in 861 CE. The second period was the decline of the caliphate w...