The Early Abbasid Caliphate: A Political History

Abbasid Caliphate Abbasid family Abbasid Revolution Abd Allah abna Abu Ja'far Abu Muslim Abu'l-Saraya Aghlabide Alid Alid family Allah allegiance Amin Ansab appointed Arab army Azdi Azerbayjan b.Abi b.Mahan b.Muhammad Baghdad Baladhuri Barmakids Basra brother Buldan Byzantine capital centre command death defeat dehqans dynasty early Abbasid period east Egypt expedition Fadl b.al-Rabi Fadl b.Sahl forces frontier governor Hadi Harthama Harun Hasan Humayd Husayn Ibadi Ibid Ibn Idhari Ibrahim Ifriqiya imam important Iran Iranian Iraq Isa b.Musa Isfahani Islamic Jahshiyari Jazira jund Khalid Kharijite Khurasan Kitab Kufa large number leadership Ma'mun Madina Mahdi Makka Mansur Maqatil Marw Marwan mawali mosque Mosul mountains Muhammad political position province Qahtaba Rabi Raqqa Rayy rebellion rebels regime reign rule ruler Saffah Sahlids Salih seems sent Sourdel succession Sulayman Syria Tabari Tahir Taʼrikh troops Umayyad Vizirat Abbaside Wasit Wuzara Ya'qubi Yahya Yazid Zaydiya