Word List Timeline ‘Abbasid Absolutism (750-945) Shi‘ite Century (945-1055) Baghdad River Tigris Sawad hadith shari‘a (Islamic Law) 750-54 Reign of al-Saffah. 754-75 Reign of al-Mansur. 786-809 Reign of Harun al-Rashid.
Map Link: ‘Abbasid Caliphate, c. 800: <http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/arabworld/abbasidhist1.gif>
Word List Timeline dhimmis (non- Muslims under Muslim rule) Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) Khurasan Sufis 809-13 Reign of al-Amin. 811-13 Civil war. 813-33 Reign of al-Ma’mun. 833-42 Reign of al-Mu‘tasim.
Word List Timeline Sawad al-Muwaffaq 836 Caliphate moves to Samarra. 847-61 Reign of al-Mutawakkil. 869-70 Reign of al-Muhtadi. 870-92 Reign of al-Mu‘tamid.
Map Link: Regional Dynasties, 9th, 10th Century: <http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/arabworld/abbasidhist1.gif>
Word List Timeline Bahrayn Qarmatians Daylam Mu‘izz al-Dawla Ahmad ibn Buya amir al-umara’ 891-902 Reign of al-Mu‘tadid. 892 Caliphate returns to Baghdad. 930-51 Qarmatians hold Black Stone. 945 Buyids take Baghdad.
Word List Timeline Buyids shahanshah ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib imam (spiritual leader) ithna ‘asharis/“Twelvers”/Imamis mahdi (fore-ordained leader) 991-1031 Reign of al-Qadir.
Word List Timeline Ghaznavids Saljuqs/Seljüks 1055 Saljuqs/Seljüks take Baghdad.
Word List Timeline al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) 750 ‘Abd al-Rahman flees to North Africa. 756-88 Reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman at Cordoba. 912-61 Reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III. 929 ‘Abd al-Rahman III takes title of caliph. 932 ‘Abd al-Rahman III consolidates hold on Spain.
Map Link: Umayyad Spain and North Africa in the 9th and 10th Centuries: <https://cmes.uchicago.edu/sites/cmes.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/ Maps/Map%20-%20Umayyad%20Spain%20in%209th %20and%2010th%20Centuries.pdf>
Word List Timeline Hisham Muhammad ibn Abi ‘Amir (al-Mansur/ Almanzor) ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad (Sanchuelo) 961-76 Reign of al-Hakam II. 1031 Collapse of Umayyad caliphate of Cordoba.