: a member of a dynasty of caliphs (750–1258) ruling the Islamic empire especially from their capital Baghdad and claiming descent from Abbas the uncle of Muhammad
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Ubisoft via Saniya Ahmed In Mirage, Basim gives up his life as a street thief and trains as an Assassin to find the faces behind the Abbasid Caliphate’s (which was real) Order of the Ancients (which is fiction), a Templar-like group seeking an ancient memory seal.
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WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
In 1058, a pro-Fatimid rebellion briefly captured Baghdad before being driven out by the Seljuk Turks, who had conquered much of the eastern Islamic world and established themselves as protectors of the Abbasid caliph and Sunni orthodoxy.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
One early medieval English king, Offa, minted a commemorative coin modeled on an Abbasid dinar, complete with a copy of the Islamic declaration of faith.
—Mary Rambaran-Olm and Erik Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2021
This Islamic medical text is attributed to Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, a Shia imam born in Medina, Saudi Arabia, who lived from AD 765 to 818 during the Abbasid caliphate.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2021
This institution thrived under the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries as a library and academy.
—National Geographic, 30 July 2020
WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023
In 1058, a pro-Fatimid rebellion briefly captured Baghdad before being driven out by the Seljuk Turks, who had conquered much of the eastern Islamic world and established themselves as protectors of the Abbasid caliph and Sunni orthodoxy.
—Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
One early medieval English king, Offa, minted a commemorative coin modeled on an Abbasid dinar, complete with a copy of the Islamic declaration of faith.
—Mary Rambaran-Olm and Erik Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2021
This Islamic medical text is attributed to Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, a Shia imam born in Medina, Saudi Arabia, who lived from AD 765 to 818 during the Abbasid caliphate.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2021
This institution thrived under the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries as a library and academy.
—National Geographic, 30 July 2020
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