1. Word List
Timeline
‘Abbasid
Absolutism
( )
Shi‘ite
Century
( )
Baghdad River Tigris
Sawad
hadith shari‘a (Islamic Law)
Reign of al-Saffah.
Reign of al-Mansur.
Reign of Harun
al-Rashid.

2. Map Link: ‘Abbasid Caliphate, c. 800:
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3. Word List
Timeline
dhimmis (non-
Muslims under
Muslim rule)
Bayt al-Hikma
(House of Wisdom)
Khurasan
Sufis
Reign of al-Amin.
Civil war.
Reign of al-Ma’mun.
Reign of
al-Mu‘tasim.

4. Word List
Timeline
Sawad
al-Muwaffaq
836 Caliphate moves
to Samarra.
Reign of
al-Mutawakkil.
Reign of al-Muhtadi.
Reign of
al-Mu‘tamid.

5. Map Link: Regional Dynasties, 9th, 10th Century:
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6. Word List
Timeline
Bahrayn
Qarmatians
Daylam
Mu‘izz al-Dawla
Ahmad ibn Buya
amir al-umara’
Reign of
al-Mu‘tadid.
892 Caliphate returns to
Baghdad.
Qarmatians hold
Black Stone.
945 Buyids take Baghdad.

7. Word List
Timeline
Buyids
shahanshah ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
imam (spiritual leader)
ithna ‘asharis/“Twelvers”/Imamis
mahdi (fore-ordained leader)
Reign of al-Qadir.

8. Word List
Timeline
Ghaznavids
Saljuqs/Seljüks
1055 Saljuqs/Seljüks take
Baghdad.

9. Word List
Timeline
al-Andalus
(Muslim
Spain)
750 ‘Abd al-Rahman flees to
North Africa.
Reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman at Cordoba.
Reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III.
929 ‘Abd al-Rahman III takes title of caliph.
932 ‘Abd al-Rahman III consolidates hold on
Spain.

10. Map Link: Umayyad Spain and North Africa in the 9th and 10th
Centuries:
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11. Word List
Timeline
Hisham
Muhammad ibn
Abi ‘Amir
(al-Mansur/
Almanzor)
‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad (Sanchuelo)
Reign of al-Hakam II.
1031 Collapse of Umayyad
caliphate of Cordoba.