<P> The Abbasid Caliphate ( / əˈbæsɪd / or / ˈæbəsɪd / Arabic : ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة ‎ al - Khilāfatu al - ' Abbāsiyyah ) was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad . The Abbasid dynasty descended from Muhammad 's uncle , Al - Abbas ibn Abd al - Muttalib ( 566 -- 653 CE ) , from whom the dynasty takes its name . They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad in modern - day Iraq , after having overthrown over the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid Revolution of 750 CE ( 132 AH ) . </P>
<P> The Abbasid Caliphate ( / əˈbæsɪd / or / ˈæbəsɪd / Arabic : ٱلْخِلافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّة ‎ al - Khilāfatu al - ' Abbāsiyyah ) was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad . The Abbasid dynasty descended from Muhammad 's uncle , Al - Abbas ibn Abd al - Muttalib ( 566 -- 653 CE ) , from whom the dynasty takes its name . They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad in modern - day Iraq , after having overthrown over the Umayyad Caliphate in the Abbasid Revolution of 750 CE ( 132 AH ) . </P>
after 750 the abbasid caliphate had its capital in
after 750 the abbasid caliphate had its capital in
Baghdad in modern - day Iraq
Baghdad in modern - day Iraq