Abbasid | MCQs

Explanation

From 750 - 1258

1st ruler: As-Suffah

Longest tenure: Rashidun

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Remember Tips

یاد کرنے کے لیے

1. Rashidin -30 years
2. Umayyad -100 years
3. Abbasid - 500 years
4. Ottoman Empire - 600 years

Explanation

Al-Mansoor established Baghdad as the capital 

Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE.

It is the circular City of Peace (madinat al-salam)

It is the capital of Iraq

The second-largest city in the Arab world 

It is located on the Tigris river

It has 11 District

Explanation

Explanation

The first capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was Kufa.

The Abbasids later moved the capital to Baghdad in 762 CE,

In 762, the caliph al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad as the new capital

Explanation

Explanation

• Haroon al Rashid was a caliph of the Abbasid dynasty.
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• Haroon al Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, 
• Hārūn al-Rashīd thus became caliph on Sept. 14, 786 until his death.
• Date of death: 24 March 809
  
  

Explanation

Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH succeeding his brother al-Saffah.

He is known for founding the 'Round City' of Madinat al-Salam, which was to become the core of imperial Baghdad. 

Born: 714 AD, Humayma

Died: October 6, 775 AD, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Explanation

From 750 - 1258

1st ruler: As-Suffah

Longest tenure: Rashidun

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Remember Tips

یاد کرنے کے لیے

1. Rashidin -30 years
2. Umayyad -100 years
3. Abbasid - 500 years
4. Ottoman Empire - 600 years

Explanation

The Abbasid dynasty were an Arab dynasty that ruled the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258.

Explanation

The first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffāḥ , ordered the elimination of the entire Umayyad clan;

the only Umayyad of note who escaped was ʿAbd al-Raḥman, who made his way to Spain and established an Umayyad dynasty that lasted until 1031.

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Abbasid caliphate, second of the two great dynasties of the Muslim empire of the caliphate.

It overthrew the Umayyad caliphate in 750 ce and reigned as the Abbasid caliphate until it was destroyed by the Mongol invasion in 1258.

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Remember Tips

یاد کرنے کے لیے

1. Rashidin -30 years
2. Umayyad -100 years
3. Abbasid - 500 years
4. Ottoman Empire - 600 years