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Map showing the extent of the Abbasid caliphate in the 9th century, with regions under direct Abbasid rule shaded in green, and surrounding areas under Abbasid suzerainty or controlled by other dynasties-Aghlabids of Tunisia, Idrisids of Morocco, Tahirids in the east, and the Umayyad emirate of Spain-indicated in different colors. Major cities such as Baghdad, Cairo, Mecca, and Cordoba are labeled, along with key regional boundaries.
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Key People

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Muhammad
prophet of Islam
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
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Muʿāwiyah I
Umayyad caliph
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al-Maʾmūn
ʿAbbāsid caliph
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ʿAbbāsid caliph
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Barmakids
ʿAbbāsid viziers
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ʿAbd al-Muʾmin
Almohad caliph
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al-Manṣūr
ʿAbbāsid caliph
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Umayyad dynasty
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ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān
Muslim caliph
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ʿĀʾishah
wife of Muḥammad
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Abū Bakr
Muslim caliph
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ʿUmar I
Muslim caliph
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Ibn al-Ashʿath
Arab general
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Qutaybah ibn Muslim
Arab general
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ʿUmar II
Umayyad caliph
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Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
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ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
Arab general
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Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Arab Muslim general