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- proper noun Alternative form of
Abbasid . - adjective Alternative form of
Abbasid .
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The Abbasside princes of a later day offered most generous prizes for superior excellence in poetry, and Bagdad, Damascus, Alexandria, Bassora, and
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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Bagdad, which was destined to remain the abode of the Abbasside Caliphs for a period of five hundred years, -- until the subversion of the house by the Tartars of the North.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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Bagdad just about a century later, where it remained until the Mongols made an end of the Abbasside rulers about the middle of the thirteenth century.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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It is still in existence, and gives an excellent idea of the beneficent interest of this monarch and of other of the Abbasside rulers in education.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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End of the Ommiad and rise of the Abbasside dynasty of caliphs; all the family of the former, except Abderrahman, put to death.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Yusuf, the Abbasside emir, was absent from Cordova and ignorant of his danger, and all promised well.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877
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Rashid of Bagdad, the fifth of the Abbasside dynasty, in 802, which mentions Pawn and Rook, implying that his predecessor in paying tribute resembled rather the former for weakness than the latter for strength; but it had probably been known among the
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Of the powerful Abbasside dynasty which lasted from 749 to 1258, there were 37 Caliphs whose chess doings and sayings alone would, it is said fill a good-sized volume.
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Alexandrian Library, by order of the fanatical khalíf 'Umar: One day when Amír Abdullah Tahir, governor of Khurasán under the Abbasside khalífs, was giving audience, a person laid before him a book, as a rare and valuable present.
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869
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Harun Ar Rashid; of Abbasside, the Princess Irene, and the
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