It was then that the second khutba substituted the first and became one of the symbols of Muslim royalty ... they refused to acknowledge the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt, which was nothing but ...

The black is for the Abbasid Caliphate, green for the Umayyad Caliphate ... the Rastafari movement has adopted it as its symbol. Some practitioners of the religion, which was founded in Jamaica ...

It is fair to say that a number of present-day Islamic and Islamist movements draw inspiration from the Abbasid caliphate as much as their reductionist view of the foundation society under the Prophet ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Mosque and hospital of Divriği in modern day Turkey. It was built in the 13th century and you can still visit its ...

Main routes of the Muslim slave trade in Africa. Credit: Aliesin / Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons Starting in 861, the Abbasid caliphate went through one of the typical conflicts that ...

broad-minded and inclusive societies presided over by the great Abbasid and Fatimid caliphs and the superb intellectual and artistic achievements they encouraged. The history of the caliphate, and ...

It’s easy to understand why the battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate’s Arab-Persian army and the Chinese army is often said to be one of the most important battles in Central ...