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Abbassid, -ide, a. and n.|əˈbæsɪd, ˈæbəsɪd, -aɪd|
Also Abbasid, -ide.
[f. name of al- ῾Abbās (566–652) + patronymic suff. -id(e.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the dynasty (750–1258) of caliphs of Baghdad claiming descent from Abbas, uncle of Muhammad.
B. n. A member of this dynasty.
1788Gibbon Decl. & F. V. lii. 431 The bloody conflict of the Ommiades and Abbassides. 1872H. A. Rawes God in His Works iii. 54 The Ommiad Caliphate of Damascus and the Abbasside Caliphate of Bagdad began and ended. When the thirty-seven Abbasides began to reign, Zacharias was in the Chair of Peter. 1920H. G. Wells Outline Hist. vi. xxxii. 332/2 Another great Arab family, the Abbas family, the Abbasids..had long been scheming for power. 1923Ibid. vii. xxxiii. 357/2 There was still an Abbasid Caliphate in Bagdad. 1963Listener 14 Mar. 471/1 Under the Abbasid and Umayyad dynasties, Arab and Jew served as transmitters of arts and skills. |