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Abbasid
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Abbasid [ˈæbəˌsɪd əˈbæsɪd]
n
(Biographies)
a.  any caliph of the dynasty that ruled the Muslim empire from Baghdad (750-1258) and claimed descent from Abbas, uncle of Mohammed
b.  (as modifier) the Abbasid dynasty


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Its wide diffusion in the earlier centuries was due to the protection of the Abbaside Khalifs.
The Hasankeyf town itself has cultural heritage sites going back at least 6000 years and includes the civilisations: Sumerian, Akadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Meds, Persian, Byzantium, Omayyads, Abbasides, Hamdanides, Artuks, Marvanides, Seljuklus, Ayyubis, Mongolian, Ottomans and Turks.
According to the Iraqi expert, during the Abbaside era, which was the golden period for textiles, there wasn't an area, city or village that hadn't had a textile brand of its own.
 
 
 
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