How Did Persian Culture Influence The Abbasid Culture And Society

The Abbasid Dynasty had taken over the Umayyad Dynasty the effect of this influence the fundamental revolution in Muslim history. The Abbasid’s did change the way that the Umayyad was run and it had taken it over with the help of the people who were fed up with the way that the caliphate was of hereditary and not chosen or a member of Muhammad. “The way that the Umayyad had favored the Syrian Arabs so the Malawi they joined the Abbasids in bringing them down” (Saylor). The Abbasid were heavily influenced by the Persian culture, and once they were in office the Persian Barmakids were the advisors on wealth and influence to the caliphate. The other important thing the Abbasid’s did was move the capital to Baghdad and this allowed them to thrive because of the location and the influence of the Persian culture. The influence of Persian culture helped to sustain the art, poetry, and science during the Abbasid’s. The Abbasid dynasty was a great influence on the sciences and the House of Islam was introduced into Muslim history. “At the House of Wisdom important ideas from around
Harun al Rashid was Harun al Rashid and Mu’mun were two of the greatest caliphs of the Abbasid Dynasty but they both had their strengths and weaknesses when it came to how they ran their dynasty. Yet some can suggest that they both had political strengths and a vigor who made the Muslim empire the greatest world civilization of the time. Harun al Rashid was the caliph and Mu’mun was his son who became caliph only after he killed his brother Amin. Harun al Rashid was caliph in 786 and his reign has been stated as one of the greatest of the Abbasids in part to his love of science, fiction, and technology. He was known as a fictional character in literature as The Thousand and One