Editing Caliph

{{Era|Organizations}}{{WP-REAL|Caliphate}}
{{Spoilerhd|05 January 2024|[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]}}
{{Expand}}
Within a {{Wiki|caliphate}} or khilāfah, '''caliph''' was the title given to an individual who, in the role of steward, are considered a political and religious successor to {{Wiki|Muhammad}}, a prophet and the founder of [[Islam]]. In this capacity, caliphs function as a head-of-state, ruling polities which later evolved into multi-ethnic trans-national empires.

==History==
==Abbasid Caliphate==
In 750, [[Abul Abbas As-Saffah]] founded the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] after deposing the {{Wiki|Umayyad dynasty}}, becoming the empire's first caliph.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|As-Saffah}}</ref> As steward, As-Saffaḥ conducted campaigns eastwards to the [[Western Regions]], entering into conflict against the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref name="Dynasty 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 2)]]</ref>

As-Saffah died in 754 after ruling for a few years and was succeeded by his brother [[al-Mansur]]. In 762, As-Saffah conducted a reconnaissance of a region in what is now central {{Wiki|Iraq}} and chose a fertile plain by the {{Wiki|Tigris|Tigris river}}, founding a new city called [[Baghdad]], expanding the nearby the village and making it the new capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mansur named the city core as al-Mansur after himself, while the city also came to be known as Madinat al-Salam (the city of Peace), or [[Round City]].<ref name="ACMirage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Database: Founding of Baghdad]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:State leaders]]