# Abbasid

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/abbasid
Updated: 2026-08-15

## Senses

### 2. a person

noun · CEFR C1 · Academic

a member of the Abbasid family or dynasty.

For teachers: a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

- The last Abbasid in Baghdad was killed during the Mongol invasion.
- The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate in 750, shifting the empire's capital eastward to the newly founded city of Baghdad.

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