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Abbasid
[ uh-bas-id, ab-uh-sid ]
noun
- a member of a dynasty of caliphs ruling at Baghdad, a.d. 750–1258, governing most of the Islamic world and claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammad.
Abbasid
/ əˈbæsɪd; ˈæbəˌsɪd /
noun
- any caliph of the dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from Baghdad (750–1258) and claimed descent from Abbas, uncle of Mohammed
- ( as modifier )
the Abbasid dynasty
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Nicholson and others regard the Abbasid period as the great era of Arabic poets.
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With the decay of the power of the Abbasid caliphate its importance declined.
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The ruling dynasty of Julanda in their capital Suhar lasted on till the Abbasid period.
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With the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty, a new epoch in Arabian poetry began.
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Of the Abbasid monarchs after Abul Abbas we need tell little here.
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