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Realm · 750–1257

Abbasid Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate appears on the map from 750 to 1257. At its greatest recorded extent, in 778, it covered about 8.15 million km².

The Abbasids, descendants of the Prophet's uncle al-Abbas, overthrew the Umayyads in 750 with support from Persian converts in Khurasan. Their second caliph, al-Mansur, founded Baghdad, which became one of the world's largest cities. The Abbasid state adopted Persian-style court ceremony and a bureaucracy run by viziers, and its early centuries were a golden age: under Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma'mun, scholars at the House of Wisdom translated Greek, Persian and Indian works and advanced mathematics, astronomy and medicine. More about Abbasid Caliphate.

See Abbasid Caliphate on the map in 778

Reference map: Map of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1180 CE
Reference map: Map of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1180 CE Demis MAP server · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
750–1257
Greatest extent
778, about 8.15 million km²
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Wikipedia: Abbasid Caliphate · Wikidata Q12536

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
7502.74 million km²
751–7547.55 million km²
755–7567.83 million km²
757–7627.89 million km²
763–7678.09 million km²
768–7778.14 million km²
778–7828.15 million km²
783–7998.14 million km²
800–8137.89 million km²
814–8247.87 million km²
825–8297.76 million km²
830–8397.75 million km²
840–8497.87 million km²
850–8597.87 million km²
860–8657.78 million km²
866–8697.43 million km²
870–8747.26 million km²
8755.12 million km²
876–8775.20 million km²
878–8834.95 million km²
884–8855.04 million km²
886–8914.40 million km²
892–8954.39 million km²
896–8974.53 million km²
8984.18 million km²
8992.45 million km²
900–9102.45 million km²
911–9212.82 million km²
922–9252.82 million km²
926–9352.82 million km²
936–9462.11 million km²
947–9591.58 million km²
960–9691.43 million km²
1202–1205168,351 km²
1206–1215168,252 km²
1216–1249168,201 km²
1250–1257168,200 km²

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