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title: Earliest Abbasid Era Manuscript
author: Danieliness
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12005/earliest-abbasid-era-manuscript/
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license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Earliest Abbasid Era Manuscript
_Authored by Danieliness_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12005.jpg)
## Image Caption
This 13th Century CE Arabic manuscript is the earliest manuscript from the Abbasid era (750-1258 CE). The Abbasids initiated a cascade of translation activities to preserve and further aggrandize western and eastern knowledge. Part of the Adlinor Collection, Sweden.
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Danieliness. (2020, March 18). Earliest Abbasid Era Manuscript. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ManuscriptAbbasid.jpg) by [**Danieliness**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ManuscriptAbbasid.jpg). Submitted by [Syed Muhammad Khan](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/syedmuhammadkhan21/ "User Page: Syed Muhammad Khan"), published on 18 March 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.