The Abbasid dynasty descended from Muhammad’s youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes its name.
In particular, they appealed to non-Arab Muslims, known as mawali, who remained outside the kinship-based society of the Arabs and were perceived as a lower class within the Umayyad empire. The Abbasids distinguished themselves from the Umayyads by attacking their moral character and administration. The Umayyad dynasty was overthrown by another family of Meccan origin, the Abbasids, in 750 CE. vizierĪ high-ranking political advisor or minister in the Muslim world. emirĪ title of high office used in a variety of places in the Muslim world. A Shi’a Islamic caliphate that spanned a large area of North Africa, from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west they claimed lineage from Muhammad’s daughter.
