<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Abbasid Caliphate (/ əˈbæsɪd / or / ˈæbəsɪd / Arabic: ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة ‎ al - Khilāfatu al -' Abbāsiyyah) was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad . The Abbasid dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Al - Abbas ibn Abd al - Muttalib (566--653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name . They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad in modern - day Iraq, after having overthrown over the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid Revolution of 750 CE (132 AH). </P> <P> The Abbasid Caliphate first centred its government in Kufa, modern - day Iraq, but in 762 the caliph Al - Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the Sasanian capital city of Ctesiphon . The Abbasid period was marked by reliance on Persian bureaucrats (notably the Barmakid family) for governing the territories conquered by Arab Muslims as well as an increasing inclusion of non-Arab Muslims in the ummah (national community). Persianate customs were broadly adopted by the ruling elite, and they started supporting artists and scholars . Baghdad became a centre of science, culture, philosophy and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam . </P>

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