Banu Abbas

The Banu Abbas (Arabic: بنو عباس‎‎) are an Arabian tribe, descendants of Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. The caliphs of the Banu Abbas served as heads of the Muslim community for a period of five centuries (from 750 until the sack of Baghdad in 1258). This was the Abbasid caliphate.

Banu Abbas

The Banu Abbas (Arabic: بنو عباس‎‎) are an Arabian tribe, descendants of Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. The caliphs of the Banu Abbas served as heads of the Muslim community for a period of five centuries (from 750 until the sack of Baghdad in 1258). This was the Abbasid caliphate.