Abbasid
[ə'bæsid]
Examples
- One other Abbasid Caliph only need be named, and that quite as much for his legendary as for his real importance, Haroun-al-Raschid[331] (786-809). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Egypt, the last Abbasid Caliph was living under the protection of the Mameluke Sultan--for the Fatimite caliphate was a thing of the past. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of the Abbasid monarchs after Abul Abbas we need tell little here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the other side of the shrunken Abbasid domain there was also a Shiite kingdom in Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the overthrow of the Omayyads by the Abbasid dynasty, the strength of the Saracenic impulse against Europe diminished. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Selim bought the title of Caliph from this last degenerate Abbasid, and acquired the sacred banner and other relics of the Prophet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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