polity Abbasid Caliphate: All Data

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Was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566-653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name. They ruled as caliphs after having overthrown the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid Revolution of 750.

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1. Genealogy

Abbasid Caliphate : Genealogy

2. Maps of Political Control Over Time

Abbasid Caliphate : Map showing the initial year each territory was ruled by the polity Abbasid Caliphate : Map depicting the polity's ruler in power when each territory was first controlled Abbasid Caliphate : Maximal Extension of the Polity

3. Monthly Summaries

Abbasid Caliphate : Monthly Summary of the Changes

4. Lists and Timelines

Abbasid Caliphate : List of events the polity was involved in Abbasid Caliphate : List of Rulers Abbasid Caliphate : Timeline of Rulers

5. Rankings

Abbasid Caliphate : Top rulers ordered by largest reached area Abbasid Caliphate : Top wars ordered by largest reached area Abbasid Caliphate : Top rulers by territorial gain or loss in terms of area difference Abbasid Caliphate : Top wars by territorial gain or loss in terms of area of the changes Abbasid Caliphate : Top wars by territorial gain or loss in terms of area difference

6. Time Series

Abbasid Caliphate : Time Series of all Territorial Changes Abbasid Caliphate : time series of its population and area throughout history

7. All Events mentioned in Territorial Changes

Abbasid Revolution Byzantine conquest of Teodosiopolis and Melitene Frankish-Umayyad Wars Umayyad Invasion of Europe Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782) Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806) Abbasid punitive campaign against Beja Tibet - Era of Fragmentation Arab conquest of Pamphilia Conquests of Abu Ibrahim Isma'il ibn Ahmad Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914-915) Conquest of the Cyrenaica Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919-921) Conquest of Baghdad

8. All Cities mentioned in Territorial Changes

Isfijab Herakleia Isfijab Fayyum Oasis Tarsus Merv Wasit Damascus Maymana Narbona Theodosiopolis Melitene Barada Magida Herakleia Andrasos Andrasos Tarsus Melitene Samosata Amorion Isfijab Abu Hamad Abu Hamad Abu Hamad Abu Hamad Cosenza Sirte Ajdabiya Barqa Barqa Giza Alexandria (Egypt) Fayyum Oasis Alexandria (Egypt) Fayyum Oasis Isfahan Baghdad Alexandria (Egypt) Damascus Kufa Tabriz Mecca Medina Wasit Tabriz Multan Fayyum Oasis Magida Sanaa Alexandria (Egypt) Alexandria (Egypt) Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad