Abbasid Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Islamic Caliphate (750-1258)

Location: Middle East, North Africa, South Asia

Capital City: Kufa (750-762), Baghdad (762-836), Samarra (836-892), Baghdad (892-1258)

Government type: Caliphate

Main languages: Arabic, Persian

Main religions: Sunni Islam

Chronology

750: Abbasids overthrow Umayyads

811-837: Civil War

861-870: "Anarchy at Samarra"

945-1055: Vassalized by Buyid Emirate

1055-1165: Vassalized by Seljuk Empire

1258: Mongol conquest

Currency

Dinar (750-1258)

60 Fals / Mangir = 1 Dinar = 1 Ashrafi - 1 Dirham / Jital = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar

Coins from the Abbasid Caliphate in the collection

•1 Dinar, Al-Saffah (750-754) (silver, Kufa Mint, Islamic#211)