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Abbasid Revolution

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The Abbasid revolution was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate, the second major Islamic caliphate, by the Hashimiyya movement, resulting in the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate, the third major caliphate. The source gives the revolution's own span as 747 to 750.

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