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  2. Abbasid revolution - Wikipedia

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    Support for the Abbasid revolution came from people of diverse backgrounds, with almost all levels of society supporting armed opposition to Umayyad rule. [9] This was especially pronounced among Muslims of non-Arab descent, [10] [11] [12] though even Arab Muslims resented Umayyad rule and centralized authority over their nomadic lifestyles.

  3. Abu Muslim - Wikipedia

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    Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (Arabic: أبو مسلم عبد الرحمن بن مسلم الخراساني; Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) was a Persian [1] [2] general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate.

  4. Abbasid Caliphate - Wikipedia

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    The Abbasid Revolution had its origins and first successes in the easterly region of Khorasan, far from the Levantine center of Umayyad influence. [ 9 ] The Abbasid Caliphate first centered its government in Kufa , modern-day Iraq, but in 762 the caliph al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the ancient Babylonian capital city of Babylon ...

  5. Ibrahim al-Imam - Wikipedia

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    Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās [a] (701/2 CE –749), better known as Ibrahim al-Imam (إبراهيم الإمام), was the leader of the Abbasid family and of the clandestine Hashimiyya movement that prepared and launched the Abbasid Revolution against the Umayyad Caliphate.

  6. Siege of Wasit - Wikipedia

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    After news of the defeat of the Umayyad Caliph Marwan II at the Battle of the Zab and the Abbasid conquest of Syria arrived at Wasit, defections began. Yazid nevertheless held out for a few more months, until he received a pardon for himself and his followers from the Abbasid Caliph al-Saffah. Nevertheless, Yazid and his senior officers were ...

  7. al-Saffah - Wikipedia

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    Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi an Abbasid Prince and Grandson of as-Saffah. Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi an Abbasid governor of Basra from 750 to 755. Battle of the Zab a battle that took place on 25 January 750. It spelled the end of the Umayyads and the rise of the Abbasids; Abbasid Revolution was the overthrow of the Caliph Marwan II by as-Saffah.

  8. al-Qahir - Wikipedia

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    Al-Qahir was a son of the 16th Abbasid caliph, al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902), and brother of the 18th Caliph, al-Muqtadir (r. 908–932). [1] The mother of al-Qahir was a concubine called Fitnah. [2] [3] His full name was Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid al-Qahir bi'llah, and his kunya was Abu Mansur.

  9. Category:Abbasid Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Melayu; اردو; Edit links ... People of the Abbasid Revolution (15 P) Pages in category "Abbasid Revolution" The following 6 pages are in this category, out ...