Meaning of Abbasid

Ab•bas•id

Pronunciation: (u-bas'id, ab'u-sid), [key]

— n.

a member of a dynasty of caliphs ruling at Baghdad, a.d. 750–1258, governing most of the Islamic world and claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammad.

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