KnowraAbbasid RevolutionAbbasid RevolutionThe 747–750 uprising that overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and established Abbasid rule over the Islamic empire.BriefConnectAbbasid daʿwa: The Abbasid movement’s covert campaign to build support and claim leadership of the Muslim community. Its agents organized opposition to Umayyad rule before open revolt began.Umayyad Caliphate: The caliphate ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 661 to 750. Its overthrow was the revolution’s central political outcome.Abbasid Caliphate: The caliphate ruled by the Abbasid dynasty from 750 until the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258. It was the political order founded by the revolution.Caliphate: A political institution claiming leadership of the Muslim community after Muhammad. The revolution transferred this office from one ruling dynasty to another.Abu Muslim al-Khurasani: The Abbasid military and political leader who mobilized the revolution in Khurasan. His organizing and command turned regional discontent into an effective insurgency.Abbasid family: The descendants of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib who founded the Abbasid dynasty. Their claim to leadership gave the movement a dynastic center.Al-Mansur: The second Abbasid caliph, who consolidated the dynasty’s rule and founded Baghdad. His reign secured the new regime after the revolution’s founding years.Ummah: The community of Muslims, understood as a religious and social body. Abbasid claims to leadership invoked the right to govern this community.Black Standard: A black banner associated with the Abbasid movement and its forces. Abbasid forces used the banner as a visible emblem of their uprising.Alid–Abbasid rivalry: Competition between descendants of Ali and the Abbasid family for authority within the Prophet’s wider kinship network. The Abbasids gained support through claims of legitimate leadership, while leaving the precise claim ambiguous.Show all 21Linked from 35 pagesIranian IntermezzoBroader topic: Its Iranian support helped shape the dynasty’s early political and administrative order.Imamate in Shia IslamRelated: Its appeal to Muhammad’s family shows how broadly contested family-based authority was in early Islam.Mu'awiya INarrower topic: It ended the dynasty Mu'awiya founded, though nearly a century after his reign.Anarchy at SamarraCompared with: Its successful dynastic seizure of power contrasts with the later fragmentation of Abbasid authority.Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibBroader topic: It turned the Abbasid family’s claimed descent from Abbas into political power.Ahl al-BaytRelated: Its appeals to the Prophet’s family show how household claims could mobilize political support.Al-Ma'munNarrower topic: Al-Ma'mun inherited the dynasty's caliphate and its claims to universal Muslim leadership.Ja'far al-SadiqRelated: The revolution changed the political order during Ja'far's lifetime without ending Alid claims.Show all 35