Abbasid
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin Abbasidēs, from Abbas + -idēs (patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Abbas + -id (dynastic suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Abbasid (plural Abbasids) (history)
- A member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, from about 750 to 1250, claiming ancestry of Abbas.[1]
Translations
[edit]member of the dynasty that ruled from Baghdad from about to 750 to 1250
Adjective
[edit]Abbasid (not comparable) (history)
- Of or relating to the Abbasid caliphs.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to the Abbasids
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abbasid”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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