Abbai
the part of the blue nile above lake tana.
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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. historical examples from that time forward the abbasid caliphs became the maintainers of orthodox islam, just as the omayyads had been. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 5, slice 1 […]
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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. noun any caliph of the dynasty that ruled the muslim empire from baghdad (750–1258) and claimed descent from abbas, uncle of mohammed (as modifier): the abbasid dynasty dynasty of […]
- Abbatial
of or relating to an , , or . historical examples the result is an abbatial church unlike all other abbatial churches. sketches of travel in normandy and maine edward a. freeman of the abbatial buildings which stood here then few traces are left. france and the republic william henry hurlbert the present upper windows […]