Abbasid

Related to Abbasid: Umayyad

Ab·bas·id

also Ab·bas·sid (ə-băs′ĭd′, ăb′ə-sĭd′) or Ab·bas·ide (ə-băs′īd′, ăb′ə-sīd′)

An Arabic dynasty (750-1258) that expanded the Muslim empire. It was named for al-Abbas (566?-652), paternal uncle of the prophet Muhammad.

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Abbasid

(ˈæbəˌsɪd; əˈbæsɪd)

(Biography)

a. any caliph of the dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from Baghdad (750–1258) and claimed descent from Abbas, uncle of Mohammed

b. (as modifier): the Abbasid dynasty.

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Ab•bas•id

(əˈbæs ɪd, ˈæb ə sɪd)

n.

a member of a dynasty of caliphs ruling most of the Islamic world from Baghdad, a.d. 750–1258, and claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammad.

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