Samarra, the capital of the caliphate at that time, was the scene of the assassination of al-Mutawakkil, followed by the poisoning of al-Muntasir within six months, the flight and subsequent execution ...

The palace-city of Samarra, capital of the former Abbasid Caliphate, was home to an advanced industry of glass production and trade, according to a new study.

In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned ...

In 771, the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansour chose Raqqa to serve as a second capital after Baghdad, and to help him defend north-eastern Syria, known as "al-Jazira".

Raqqah’s history offered a convenient means of evoking past glories: It had been the capital of a caliphate — a Muslim ruler’s administrative jurisdiction — in the late 8 th and early 9 th ...

In the year 750, the Umayyad Dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasid Dynasty. The capital was moved from Damascus to Baghdad, and thus began the Golden Age of Islam.

In 771, the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansour chose Raqqa to serve as a second capital after Baghdad, and to help him defend north-eastern Syria, known as "al-Jazira".