The Baghdad Manifesto was a polemical tract issued in 1011 on behalf of the Abbasid caliph al-Qadir against the rival Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate. The...

the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, which sought to halt the influence of Ismailism. This competition led to the Baghdad Manifesto of 1011, in which the Abbāsids...

The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 at Baghdad, the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. After a series of provocations from its ruler...

struggle against the Shia with writings such as the Baghdad Manifesto. The caliphs kept order in Baghdad itself, attempting to prevent the outbreak of fitnas...

the Fatimid Caliphate of Cairo. He denounced the Fatimids in the Baghdad Manifesto of 1011, and issued proclamations that for the first time codified...

of Baghdad in grateful and glowing terms. Al-Qadir fostered the Sunni struggle against Shiʿism and outlawed heresies such as the Baghdad Manifesto and...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. In popular reference, it...

regarded its presence in Ifriqiya as only temporary: the real target was Baghdad, the capital of the Fatimids' Abbasid rivals. The ambition to carry the...

disprove the lineage of the new dynasty. This became known as the Baghdad Manifesto, which tries to trace the lineage of the Fatimids to an alleged Jewish...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

military strongmen and then to the Shi'a Buyid Emirs that seized control of Baghdad; the Buyids were in turn replaced by the Sunni Seljuk Turks in the mid-11th...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

was wrecked. He was rescued and taken to Syria. Traveling via Aleppo and Baghdad, he terminated his journey at Isfahan in 1081. Hasan's life now was totally...

During this time he begins writing his influential Book of Optics. The Baghdad Manifesto is ordered by Caliph Al-Qadir of the Abbasid Caliphate, in response...

defeated in February 750 at a battle on the (Great) Zab river north of Baghdad, effectively ending the Umayyad caliphate, which had ruled since 661 AD...

legendary library Bayt al-Hikma ("House of Wisdom") in Baghdad in present-day Iraq, and during his rule Baghdad began to flourish as a world center of knowledge...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

the Translation Movement, the flowering of learning and the sciences in Baghdad, and the publishing of al-Khwarizmi's book now known as "Algebra". He is...

throughout the following centuries, and became official doctrine with the Baghdad Manifesto of 1011. Due to the paucity of actual Isma'ili material until Isma'ili...

religiously diverse city of Baghdad. The Abbasids were essentially puppets of secular rulers starting from 945, though their rule over Baghdad and its surroundings...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

ninth century, but the Zanj Rebellion in Basra disrupted the power of Baghdad. The Qarmaṭians seized their opportunity under their leader, Abu Sa'id...

to flee to Baghdad in 865 with the support of some Turkish chiefs (Bugha the Younger and Wasif) and the Police chief and governor of Baghdad Muhammad,...

 'Desirous of Being Satisfied with God Alone') was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 944 to 946. Al-Mustakfi was a younger son of Caliph al-Muktafi, and...

Constitution Delegation Ginans Holy Du'a Jama'at Khana Qiyama Abbasid-Baghdad Manifesto House of Knowledge Women Early leaders Ali Hasan Husayn al-Sajjad...

Qarmatians destroyed the Hajj caravan making its way back from Mecca to Baghdad, taking many notables of the Abbasid court captive. The Abbasid government's...