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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. 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.

  7. Battle of the Zab - Wikipedia

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    In 750, the army of the Umayyad caliph Marwan II fought a combined force of Abbasid, Shia, Khawarij, and Iraqi forces. Marwan's army was, on paper at least, far larger and more formidable than that of his opponents, as it contained many veterans of earlier Umayyad campaigns against the Byzantine Empire; its support for the caliph, however, was only lukewarm.

  8. Category:Abbasid Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Melayu; اردو; Edit links ... Pages in category "Abbasid Revolution" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... About Wikipedia ...

  9. Alid revolt of 762–763 - Wikipedia

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    The Alid revolt of 762–763 or Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul was an uprising by the Hasanid branch of the Alids against the newly established Abbasid Caliphate.The Hasanids, led by the brothers Muhammad (called "the Pure Soul") and Ibrahim, rejected the legitimacy of the Abbasid family's claim to power.