Abbasid Caliphate
Published on Oct 03, 2016
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Abbasid Empire
Jenny, Angelique, Michael, Brinda, and Pragna
- Persians rebelled against the Umayyads Empire
- One of the leaders of the rebellion was Abu al-Abbas
- Abu al-Abbas took over Persia and Mesopotamia
Abu al-Abbas founded the Abbasid dynasty
Abu al-Abbas took over Persia and Mesopotamia
*the picture is the rebellion against the Umayyads Empire*
Abu al-Abbas took over Persia and Mesopotamia
*the picture is the rebellion against the Umayyads Empire*
- the empire was divided into provinces
- Baghad was the capital
- Baghdad became the center of banking, commerce, crafts, and industrial production, and a metropolis w/ thousands of people
- Their main purpose was to improve their government, economy, and society, they didn’t focus on conquering other lands.
- Their main purpose was to improve their government, economy, and society, they didn’t focus on conquering other lands.
Qadi and ulamas regulated the local provinces
- Ulama, learned officials with religious knowledge and qadis, judges, would make moral standards for their local section and they would solve disputes
- Ulama made policies with the Quran and sharia
- Qadis made decisions relating to court based in the Quran and sharia
- Ulama made policies with the Quran and sharia
- Qadis made decisions relating to court based in the Quran and sharia
The Fall
- After Harun al-Rashid’s reign, the Abbasid empire entered a period of decline
- invasions, uprisings, and rebellions ended the Abbasid empire
- Ended with the invasion and destructions for Baghdad by the Mongols
- Harun al-Rashid provided liberal support for artists and writers, bestowed lavish and luxurious gifts on his favorites, and distributed money to the poor and the common classes by tossing coins into the streets of Baghdad
- Civil war between Harun’s sons seriously damaged Abbasid authority, and disputes over succession rights became a recurring problem for the dynasty
- Popular uprisings and peasant rebellions, which often enjoyed the support of dissenting sects and heretical movements, further weakened the empire
- In 945 members of a Persian noble family seized control of Baghdad and established their clan as the power behind the Abbasid throne
- Harun al-Rashid provided liberal support for artists and writers, bestowed lavish and luxurious gifts on his favorites, and distributed money to the poor and the common classes by tossing coins into the streets of Baghdad
- Civil war between Harun’s sons seriously damaged Abbasid authority, and disputes over succession rights became a recurring problem for the dynasty
- Popular uprisings and peasant rebellions, which often enjoyed the support of dissenting sects and heretical movements, further weakened the empire
- In 945 members of a Persian noble family seized control of Baghdad and established their clan as the power behind the Abbasid throne
