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... Abbasid caliph , Abu al - ' Abbas as - Saffaḥ . Under the ' Abbasids the caliphate entered a new phase . Instead of focussing , as the Umayyads had done , on the West - on North Africa , the Mediterranean , and southern Eu- rope - the ...
... Abbasid caliph , Abu al - ' Abbas as - Saffaḥ . Under the ' Abbasids the caliphate entered a new phase . Instead of focussing , as the Umayyads had done , on the West - on North Africa , the Mediterranean , and southern Eu- rope - the ...
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... Abbasid dynasty , which was to rule over eastern Islām for approximately the next 500 years . The ' Abbasids were de- scended from an uncle of Muḥammad and were cousins to the ruling Umayyad dynasty . The Umayyads were weakened by ...
... Abbasid dynasty , which was to rule over eastern Islām for approximately the next 500 years . The ' Abbasids were de- scended from an uncle of Muḥammad and were cousins to the ruling Umayyad dynasty . The Umayyads were weakened by ...
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... Abbasid caliphate . As he was about to attack Aleppo , whose prince was too late in siding with the ' Abbasids , and was preparing to occupy Syria , Alp - Arslan learned that the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes , with a formidable ...
... Abbasid caliphate . As he was about to attack Aleppo , whose prince was too late in siding with the ' Abbasids , and was preparing to occupy Syria , Alp - Arslan learned that the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes , with a formidable ...
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