https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Abbasid category en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:05 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684671-al-mansur-712-775 Brief profile of the second Abbasid Caliph. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:29:00 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684671 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684673-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. Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:12:17 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684673 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684677-medieval-sourcebook-abul-hasan-ali-al-masudi-ca-895-957-ce "The Book of Golden Meadows" was written about 940 CE; these excerpts cover the lives of several Abbasid caliphs. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:40:31 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684677 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684672-the-art-of-the-abbasid-period-750-1258-ad 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. Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:26:59 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684672 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684675-egypt-history-abbasid-period Covers the impact of Abbasid rule on Egypt, and the rise of the Tulunids. Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:19:57 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684675 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684679-al-khwarizmi-muhammad-bin-musa Biography of one of the most influential Muslim mathematicians, born in a town in what is present day Uzbekistan around 770. Mon, 19 May 2025 06:54:59 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684679 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684664-abbasid 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 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:37:33 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684664 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684674-baghdad-under-the-abbasids A description of the city under Abbasid rule by Yakut (c. 1000 CE); from the Medieval Sourcebook. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:51:03 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684674 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684666-abbasid-caliphs 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. Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:48:21 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684666 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7684663-the-abassid-dynasty 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. Fri, 31 May 2024 16:45:51 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7684663