Abbasid revolution

747–750 overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate

The Abbasid revolution (Arabic: اَلثَّوْرَة اَلْعَبَّاسِيَّةِ, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra al-ʿAbbāsiyyah), was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), the second major caliphate, by the Hashimiyya movement, resulting in the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517), the third major caliphate. The Abbasid revolution originated in the eastern province of Khorasan in the mid-8th century, fuelled by widespread discontent with Umayyad rule. The revolt was led by the Abbasid dynasty, descendants of al-ʿAbbas ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from the Banu Hashim.

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