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Details the emergence and rule of the Abassid Caliphate of Baghdad and chronicles its conflicts with the rival Umayyads.

Light of Islam offers a chronicle of the dramatic life of this brother of Imam Husain.

History of Islam chronicles the Abbasid revolution, the ensuing prosperity of the Arab world and the ultimate dissolution of the caliphate.

Provides a timeline that lists the major events and historical figures of the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad.

Reviews the history of the Abbasid dynasty and caliphate that ruled from 750 to 1258 AD.

Contains short profiles of the reigns of many caliphs of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Supplies an overview of the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate, a Badhdad-based dynasty that ruled from 750 to 1258 AD.

Offers a short overview of the life of the second Abbasid caliph who is regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Medieval Sourcebook provides this account of the Medieval city of Baghdad under the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Chapter from Gaston Weit's "The Golden Age of Arab and Islamic Culture" profiles the history of Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate.

Medieval Sourcebook provides Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di's chronicle of the caliphs Abu Bakr, Al Mansur, Al Mahdi, Haroun Al Rashid and Al Mamoun.

Recounts the proclamation of Ja'far, son of Mu'tadid to the title of caliph.

Essay by Steve Muhlberger describes how the Abbasid Caliphate eventually lost control of nearly the entire Islamic world.

Furnishes a profile of the fifth Abbasid caliph who was renowned for his opulent lifestyle at the Baghdad palace.

Provides a biography of the 5th and most famous Abbasid caliph, known primarily to westerners through stories in the "Arabian Nights."

Lecture by Steve Muhlberger recounts the rise of the dynastic Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad.