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Following this period, came the Abbasid Era, whose caliphs ruled the empire from Baghdad (750-1258).

They continued expanding their dominion, and thus the Ottoman Empire emerged as a magnificent empire. Eventually, no other claimant to the caliphate remained, for who else could produce such an empire ...

The period of his Imamat coincided with the most revolutionary and eventful era of Islamic history which saw the downfall of the Ummayad Caliphate and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Meanwhile, the Abbasid Caliphate faced an unexpected and serious problem: a massive insurrection that broke out in Mesopotamia near Basra, led by a self-proclaimed descendant of Muhammad who was ...

The Abbasid revolution, establishment of the Caliphate and its consolidation was facilitated by a large number of groups throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Persia. In turn, the Abbasid rule saw ...

However, ironically, in the same resolution it upheld the Caliphate. It not merely upheld the Caliphate, but acknowledged the same as a family property. The Caliphate belongs to the Dynasty of the ...