NMC101H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter Abbasids: Margarita Mamun
25 May 2016
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According to the readings assigned for the week, the umayyad were overthrown by the abbasid revolution, which was in favor of the house of prophet . At that time, there wasn"t a clear-cut categorization of who belonged to the house of prophet. They were widely accepted at that time but later sources claim the abbasids as frauds. Abbasids, named after al abbas, who was the youngest uncle of the prophet muhammad. An interesting fact about al- abbas was that, even though he was quite close to muhammad, he never accepted islam. It was two generations later when his family began making claims to the house of prophet. The golden age of the abbasids was under the caliph harun ar. Rashid, but after his death, he was succeeded by his son muhammad who took the title of al.
