A Short History of the Abbasids: Rediscovering the Longest Caliphal Dynasty Science ’ Mufti Shabbir Ahmad

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A Short History of the Abbasids: Rediscovering the Longest Caliphal Dynasty Science ’ Mufti Shabbir AhmadA Short History of the Abbasids: Rediscovering the Longest Caliphal Dynasty Issa Meyer The longest ruling line of caliphs in the Muslim world, the Abbasids were no ordinary dynasty. A meteoric rise, a decline that seemed to herald imminent collapse, an unexpected revival, a profound catastrophe and so it continued: the dramatic fluctuations of their fortunes across the centuries are nothing short of vertiginous. Their very longevity five centuries