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The Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate Quiz Study Guide
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History
9th Grade
01/13/2013

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Term
1st Revolt against Umayyads
Definition

750

starts is Persia

Al Alabbas is leader(related to M.)

Khalid Barmak (vizer)

start to kill Umayyads, but one escapes

Term
Al Abbas dies
Definition

754

the Caliph Al Abbas dies 

Al Masur comes to power

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Escape of the Umayyad
Definition

755

Al Rahman escapes to Spain

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Emirate of Corodba
Definition

756

Al Rahman escapes and goes to Spain where he creates the Emirate of Corodba, because he can't be a Caliph

Term
New Capital
Definition

762 

Al Masur moves capital to Baghdad

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Death of Al Masur
Definition

775

Al Mahdi beomes caliph and Yahya Barmak becomes vizer

Term
Al Rashid - caliph
Definition

785

he began to collect a library with Persian books and translated Greek texts

 

Term
Hanafi School of Law
Definition

Al Rashid 

1) Qu'ran

2)Hadith

3)Ijma- obvious

4) Qiyas- analogy of hidden meanings (for this they needed school)

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Recipe of Abbasid caliphate
Definition

 

1) India (religion)

       2)Persia(government)

3)Islam (religion)

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Jafar is killed
Definition

803

Al Rashid kills Jafar (Yahya's son)

End of the Barmakids

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Civil War
Definition

809-813

Civil war between Al Rashid's sons

Al Mamun becomes caliph

Term
Al Mamun is caliph
Definition

813-833

he turns the library into an University

The House of wisdom

Term
Al Khwarizmi
Definition

Persian who went to the House of Wisdom

1) Brings the Indian idea of zero, decimal system and the Indian way of writing numerals

2)creates algebra - his book "Al Jabr"

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