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Egypt: History - Abbasid Period - http://www.touregypt.net/habbasid.htm
Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids. |
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Abbasid Caliphs - http://www.friesian.com/islam.htm#abbas
Part of a longer article on the history of Islam; outlines the Abbasid caliphate, independent and alongside other dynasties, then under the protection of the Seljuks until the death of Abdullah al-Musta'sim and the start of the Khanid dynasty. |
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The Abassid Dynasty - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/ABASSID.HTM
A summary of the second Arab Caliphate, their achievements, and threats to their rule. Also covers the development of the Mamluks, and the decline of the dynasty. |
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Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/wiet.html
Chapter 5 of a book by Gaston Wiet describes the intellectual, cultural and scientific ferment of the Abbasid court. |
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Abbasids - http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/denise/abbasids.htm
A history of the Abbasids, first as rulers in their own right, later under the protection of the Seluk Dynasty. |
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Medieval Sourcebook : Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (ca. 895?-957 CE) - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/masoudi.html
"The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs. |
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The 'Abbasid caliphate - http://www.angelfire.com/nt/Gilgamesh/abasid1.html
An account of the dynasty, with particular reference to their impact on the city of Baghdad. |
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Al-Khwarizmi, Muhammad Bin Musa - http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/alkhwa.html
Biography of one of the most influential Muslim mathematicians, born in a town in what is present day Uzbekistan around 770. |
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The Abbasid Golden Age - http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/abbasid_golden_age.php
A summary of the high points of the Caliphate, now based in Baghdad. |
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Abbasids - http://i-cias.com/e.o/abbasids.htm
Summary article of the family which formed the last Arab Caliphates; also covers their decline, until only symbolic value remained. From Encyclopaedia of the Orient |