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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 [[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.<ref>{{WP|Caliph}}</ref>
Within a {{Wiki|caliphate}} or ''khilāfa'', '''caliph''' was the title given to individuals who, in the role of steward, are considered a political and religious successor to [[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.<ref>{{WP|Caliph}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Abbasid Caliphate===
===Abbasid Caliphate===
In 750, [[Abul Abbas As-Saffah]] founded the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] after [[Abbasid Revolution|deposing]] the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad dynasty]], becoming the empire's first caliph.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|As-Saffah}}</ref> As steward, As-Saffaḥ conducted {{Wiki|Early Muslim conquests|campaigns eastwards}} to the [[Western Regions]], entering into {{Wiki|Muslim conquest of Transoxiana|conflict}} against the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref name="Dynasty 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 2)]]</ref>
In 750, [[al-Saffah]] founded the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] after [[Abbasid Revolution|deposing]] the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad dynasty]], becoming the empire's first caliph.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|As-Saffah}}</ref> As steward, al-Saffah conducted {{Wiki|Early Muslim conquests|campaigns eastwards}} to the [[Western Regions]], entering into {{Wiki|Muslim conquest of Transoxiana|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, al-Mansur conducted a reconnaissance of a region in what is now central [[Iraq]] and chose a fertile plain by the [[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'' (English: "the city of peace"), or the [[Round City]].<ref name="ACMirage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Database: Founding of Baghdad]]</ref>
Al-Saffah died in 754 after ruling for a few years and was succeeded by his brother [[al-Mansur]]. In 762, al-Mansur conducted a reconnaissance of a region in what is now central [[Iraq]] and chose a fertile plain by the [[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'' (English: "the city of peace"), or the [[Round City]].<ref name="ACMirage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Database: Founding of Baghdad]]</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

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Within a caliphate or khilāfa, caliph was the title given to individuals who, in the role of steward, are considered a political and religious successor to 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.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Abbasid Caliphate[edit | edit source]

In 750, al-Saffah founded the Abbasid Caliphate after deposing the Umayyad dynasty, becoming the empire's first caliph.[2] As steward, al-Saffah conducted campaigns eastwards to the Western Regions, entering into conflict against the Tang dynasty.[3]

Al-Saffah died in 754 after ruling for a few years and was succeeded by his brother al-Mansur. In 762, al-Mansur conducted a reconnaissance of a region in what is now central Iraq and chose a fertile plain by the 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 (English: "the city of peace"), or the Round City.[4]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]