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Abbasid Dynasty

Abbasid Dynasty

Abbasid caliphate greatest extent The Abbasids defeated the Umayyads to claim the caliphate and......
Muslim Spain

Muslim Spain

Inside Alhambra, Granada, Spain In 711 the Muslims had conquered the southern parts of the Iberian......
Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad The Abbasid dynasty founded the city of Baghdad as a new capital in 762, shortly after the......
Harun Al-Rashid - Abbasid Caliph

Harun Al-Rashid - Abbasid Caliph

Harun Al-Rashid - Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809) came to power as the fifth Abbasid......
Literature and Music in the Golden Age of Muslim World

Literature and Music in the Golden Age of Muslim World

Literature and Music in the Golden Age of Muslim World Arabic literature developed and dominated......
Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate

Delhi Sultanate under various dynasties The influx of Muslim Turks into the Indian subcontinent......
Umayyad Dynasty

Umayyad Dynasty

Umayyad Dynasty at its greatest extent After Ali’s death and his son Hasan’s renunciation of the......
Seljuk Dynasty

Seljuk Dynasty

Seljuk empire map right after the death of Sultan Malik Shah I In the 10th century Seljuk Turks......
Samarkand

Samarkand

Samarkand Samarkand and the neighboring city Bukhara were oases along the valley of the Zeravshan......