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747 - 750Abbasid Revolution.
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750Death of Imam Ibrahim, the leader of the Abbasid clan - he was succeeded by his brother Abu Abbas.
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750 - 754Reign of Abu Abbas As-Saffah.
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750Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate.
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750Start of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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751Battle of Talas (Tang-Abbasid war; followed by amiable diplomatic relations).
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754 - 775Reign of Al-Mansur over the Abbasid Caliphate.
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755Death of Abu Muslim, the mastermind of the Abbasid revolution.
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756Abd al-Rahman I establishes the Emirate of Cordoba.
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756 - 788Reign of Abd al-Rahman I over the Emirate of Cordoba.
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775 - 785Reign of al-Mahdi.
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785 - 786The reign of al-Hadi.
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786 - 809The reign of Harun al-Rashid.
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800 - 909Aghlabids given autonomy over Ifriqya and western half of Sicily.
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806Harun al-Rashid's famous invasion into Byzantine territories.
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809 - 813Reign of al-Amin.
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813 - 833Reign of al-Ma'mun.
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833 - 842Reign of al-Mu'tasim.
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842 - 847Reign of al-Wathik.
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847 - 861Reign of al-Mutawakkil.
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861Al-Mutawakkil is killed in a palace coup instigated by his Turkish bodyguards.
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861 - 862Reign of al-Muntasir.
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909Fatimids overthrow the Aghlabids in Ifriqya.
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909 - 1171Fatimids rule as an anti-Caliphate to the Abbasids.
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945Buyids take possession of Baghdad.
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1055Seljuks oust the Buyids and take control of Baghdad.
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1092 - 1135Reign of al-Mustarshid; revival of military strength begins.
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1135Al-Mustarshid is killed by the Seljuks.
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1136 - 1160Reign of al-Muktafi; revival of military strength is completed.
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1157Seljuks besiege Baghdad but are unable to penetrate it.
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1171Saladin abolishes the Fatimid Caliphate.
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1174 - 1193Reign of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
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1225Death of al-Nasir, the last able Abbasid ruler.
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1250 - 1517Mamluk Sultanate.
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1258The Mongols conquer the Abbasid Caliphate. During this campaign there is the infamous sacking of Baghdad and murder of the caliph.
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1260Battle of Ain Jalut; Mongol advance to the heartland of Islam is halted.
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1261 - 1517Abbasid "shadow caliphs" are kept in Cairo by their Mamluk overlords.
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1517Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Sultanate conquers the Mamluk Sultanate and transfers the caliphal title to his lineage.