G.R. Hawting
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LOCATION: London WC1E 7HP, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Al-Manṣūr was the second caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty (754–775), generally regarded as the real founder of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate. He established the capital city at Baghdad (762–763). Al-Manṣūr was born at Al-Ḥumaymah, the home of the ʿAbbāsid family after their emigration from the Hejaz in…
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