Abbasi (Arabic: عباسي) is a prominent Islamic family name.
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The extent of Abbasid rule
The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad. It flourished for two centuries, but slowly went into decline with the rise to power of the Turkish army it had created, the Mamluks. Within 150 years of gaining control of Persia, the caliphs were forced to cede power to local dynastic emirs who only nominally acknowledged their authority. The caliphate also lost the Western provinces of Al Andalus, Maghreb and Ifriqiya to an Umayyad prince, the Aghlabids and the Fatimids, respectively.
The Abbasids' rule was briefly ended for three years in 1258, when Hulagu Khan, the Mongol khan, sacked Baghdad, resuming in Mamluk Egypt in 1261, from where they continued to claim authority in religious matters until 1519, when power was formally transferred to the Ottomans and the capital relocated to Constantinople.
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Members of the Abbasi family can be found in: Iraq (mainly), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, India, Australia, Canada, United States, Slovakia, Czech Republic, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Tunisia, Sweden, Kuwait, and the United Kingdom.
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