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A summary of the second Arab Caliphate, their achievements, and threats to their rule. Also covers the development of the Mamluks, and the decline of the dynasty.
www.wsu.edu
A summary history of the Caliphate, as rulers and later under the protection of the Mamluks in Egypt; from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
www.bartleby.com
An account of the dynasty, with particular reference to their impact on the city of Baghdad.
www.angelfire.com
Part of a longer article on the history of Islam; outlines the Abbasid caliphate, independent and alongside other dynasties, then under the protection of the Seljuks until the death of Abdullah al-Musta'sim and the start of the Khanid dynasty.
www.friesian.com
A summary of the high points of the Caliphate, now based in Baghdad.
www.nmhschool.org
Summary article of the family which formed the last Arab Caliphates; also covers their decline, until only symbolic value remained. From Encyclopaedia of the Orient
i-cias.com
A history of the Abbasids, first as rulers in their own right, later under the protection of the Seluk Dynasty.
www.princeton.edu
Profiles of the most prominent Abbasid Caliphs, from the Islamic Dictionary. [English and Arabic]
dictionary.al-islam.com
Brief profile of the second Abbasid Caliph.
www.hyperhistory.com
The Art of the Abbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.)
An online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) offers a profile of the caliphate, and illustrations of their cultural and artistic achievement.
www.metmuseum.org
Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate
Chapter 5 of a book by Gaston Wiet describes the intellectual, cultural and scientific ferment of the Abbasid court.
www.fordham.edu
A description of the city under Abbasid rule by Yakut (c. 1000 CE); from the Medieval Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu
Egypt: History - Abbasid Period
Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids.
www.touregypt.net
A timeline of the Abbasid Caliphate, covering the establishing of the four orthodox schools of law; include links to translations of original source materials.
campus.northpark.edu
Medieval Sourcebook : Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (ca. 895?-957 CE)
"The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs.
www.fordham.edu