Umayyad–Abbasid conflict

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The Umayyad–Abbasid conflict was a protracted 8th-century power struggle in the early Islamic world that culminated in the Abbasid overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate and the establishment of a new ruling dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
historical conflict ⓘ
power struggle ⓘ
cause claims of Abbasid family to the caliphate ⓘ
discontent among non-Arab Muslims (mawali) ⓘ
political opposition to Umayyad rule ⓘ
regional grievances in Khurasan ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Second Fitna ⓘ
conflictBetween Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Abbasid movement ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Revolution

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
endTime 750 ⓘ
followedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
hasPart Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
Abbasid seizure of Damascus ⓘ
Abbasid takeover of Kufa ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Revolution

Battle of the Zab ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Abbasid period ⓘ
late Umayyad period ⓘ
ideologicalAspect competition over leadership of the Muslim community ⓘ
use of pro-Hashimite propaganda ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
early Islamic world ⓘ
mainResult end of Umayyad rule in most of the Islamic world ⓘ
establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
notableOutcome massacre of many members of the Umayyad family ⓘ
shift of political center from Syria to Iraq ⓘ
survival of an Umayyad branch in al-Andalus ⓘ
opponent Abbasid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
partOf Islamic civil wars ⓘ
history of the early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
significantEvent Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
Battle of the Zab ⓘ
significantFigure Abu Muslim al-Khurasani ⓘ
linked to: Abu Muslim

Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ ⓘ
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (Imam of the Abbasids) ⓘ
Marwan II ⓘ
al-Mansur ⓘ
linked to: Al-Mansur
startTime 8th century ⓘ
c. 740s ⓘ
temporalContext 8th century CE ⓘ

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Third Fitna → partOf → Umayyad–Abbasid conflict ⓘ
Abbasid Revolution → precededBy → Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
Abbasid uprising in Khorasan → politicalContext → Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
Islamic civil wars → hasComponentConflict → Abbasid–Umayyad conflict ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
Sakina bint Husayn → associatedWith → Umayyad–Hashimite conflict ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
The Immigrant Prince → associatedEvent → Umayyad Abbasid conflict ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
Abu Muslim → conflict → Abbasid–Umayyad conflict ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad–Abbasid conflict