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The 137 pages that link to Abbasid Caliphate, each with the reason it gives.

• BaghdadNarrower topic: Baghdad’s political and cultural history is inseparable from the dynasty that made it its capital.

• House of WisdomNarrower topic: The House of Wisdom is associated with the Abbasid court and capital.

• Islamic astronomyNarrower topic: Abbasid patronage and institutions fostered early astronomical translation and research.

• Ash'arismNarrower topic: Ash'arism took shape amid Abbasid-era controversies over reason and revelation.

• Al-Ma'munNarrower topic: Al-Ma'mun's reign was one phase in the dynasty's changing political and intellectual history.

• Harun al-RashidNarrower topic: Harun ruled during the Abbasid state’s height, when Baghdad was its capital.

• Battle of TalasNarrower topic: The victor's state, which inherited the Central Asian front won in the battle.

• Hunayn ibn IshaqNarrower topic: Abbasid-era scholarly institutions and patrons supported the setting in which Hunayn worked.

• Al-FarabiNarrower topic: Its scholarly institutions and networks formed the broad political setting for Al-Farabi’s career.

• Al-JahizNarrower topic: His career unfolded during the Abbasid era’s flourishing of scholarship and literary production.

• MihnaNarrower topic: The Mihna was a state policy conducted through Abbasid government institutions.

• Mu'tazilismNarrower topic: Mu'tazilism developed and gained court influence within the Abbasid political and scholarly world.

• Early Islamic historiographyNarrower topic: Many surviving histories took shape under Abbasid rule, generations after Islam’s beginnings.

• SamarraNarrower topic: Samarra became an Abbasid capital during the dynasty’s ninth-century expansion.

• Siege of Baghdad (1258)Narrower topic: Baghdad’s capture ended the caliphate’s political authority there.

• Volga trade routeNarrower topic: Its markets and silver economy formed a major southern destination for route-borne commerce.

• Graeco-Arabic translation movementNarrower topic: Abbasid patronage and Baghdad’s political prominence provided the movement’s principal setting.

• Ahl al-HadithNarrower topic: The movement’s formative scholarly disputes unfolded under Abbasid rule and patronage.

• Ottoman CaliphateNarrower topic: The Ottoman claim was later linked to the older Abbasid institution and its Cairo successors.

• Abbasid literatureNarrower topic: Its courts, cities, and institutions formed the political setting for the literary tradition.

• Abbasid architectureNarrower topic: Its political reach and court patronage created the conditions for Abbasid building traditions.

• Al-MansurNarrower topic: Al-Mansur strengthened this state during its early decades.

• Ibn FadlanNarrower topic: The caliphate dispatched the mission that Ibn Fadlan accompanied.

• Saffarid dynastyNarrower topic: Saffarid independence developed within, and repeatedly challenged, its political order.

• Tahirid dynastyNarrower topic: The Tahirids held Khorasan as governors within this larger state.

• Abu al-Abbas al-SaffahNarrower topic: Al-Saffah’s reign established the institutions and succession of this caliphate.

• Ibn QutaybahNarrower topic: Ibn Qutaybah worked in the Abbasid scholarly world, especially in Baghdad.

• Iranian IntermezzoNarrower topic: Its weakening central government created openings for regional Iranian rulers.

• Muhammad al-BukhariNarrower topic: Its cities and networks formed the political setting for al-Bukhari’s scholarly travels.

• Al-BaladhuriNarrower topic: Al-Baladhuri wrote in the Abbasid era, when caliphal authority shaped the history he recorded.

• Ali al-RidaNarrower topic: Abbasid rule framed Ali al-Rida’s life and the succession politics surrounding him.

• Anarchy at SamarraNarrower topic: The crisis exposed the weakened central authority of this empire.

• Ismail SamaniNarrower topic: Abbasid appointments and recognition shaped the Samanids’ formal authority.

• Muslim ibn al-HajjajNarrower topic: Muslim’s career unfolded during its ninth-century period of scholarly growth.

• Ibn MuqlaNarrower topic: Ibn Muqla’s political offices and calligraphic work belong to this courtly world.

• Junayd of BaghdadNarrower topic: Junayd’s lifetime fell during the caliphate’s early period of urban and scholarly growth.

• Abu al-AtahiyaNarrower topic: Its capital Baghdad became the political and literary world in which his career unfolded.

• Ahmad ibn TulunNarrower topic: Ahmad began as an Abbasid appointee before his Egyptian rule became effectively autonomous.

• Al-Hariri of BasraNarrower topic: Its literary and scholarly traditions shaped the Arabic culture inherited by Al-Hariri.

• Hasan al-AskariNarrower topic: Its authorities monitored Hasan and restricted his public activity.

• Zanj RebellionNarrower topic: The caliphate’s forces fought to reclaim southern Iraq and suppress the rebellion.

• Abbas ibn FirnasNarrower topic: The wider Abbasid-era culture of scholarship influenced the intellectual world reaching Córdoba.

• Ahmad ibn FadlanNarrower topic: The embassy was dispatched from Baghdad under Abbasid authority.

• Fatima bint MusaNarrower topic: Her family’s lives unfolded under Abbasid rule and its political authority.

• Mongol invasions of SyriaNarrower topic: Its collapse changed the regional balance before the Mongols moved into Syria.

• Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazzNarrower topic: Ibn al-Mu'tazz belonged to the ruling family during its ninth-century political fragmentation.

• Abu Hanifa al-DinawariNarrower topic: Al-Dinawari worked within the intellectual world fostered by Abbasid-era institutions and networks.

• Al-Mu'tasimNarrower topic: Al-Mu'tasim’s reign was part of its consolidation and transformation.

• Banū Mūsā brothersNarrower topic: Its court and institutions provided the political setting for the brothers’ careers.

• Yaqut al-HamawiNarrower topic: Yaqut’s career unfolded during the later Abbasid period.