Abbasid Caliphate
الدولة العباسية
750 CE · 132 AH† – 10 February 1258 CE · 4 Safar 656 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A caliphate established in 750 CE and ended in 1258 CE; its capital was Baghdad, then Cairo.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
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Connections
- Successor of
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Predecessor of
- Fatimid CaliphateIlkhanate
People and things also explored
Rashidun CaliphateFatimid CaliphateIlkhanateUmayyad Caliphate
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Abbasid Caliphate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/abbasid-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.