542
THE ABBASEEH CALIPHS.
[Chap. IX.
1 » •
O™ to
Name.
Events during their Heigns.
lists
from
724
Hesham.
His brother. Defeat of Abd e' Rah-
to
man in France by Charles Martel,
743
732.
A.D.
El Wele^d II.
Son of Yezeed.
744
Yezeed III.
His son.
744
Ibrahim.
His brother.
744
Merawan II.
Grandson of Merawan I.
749
Dynasty of the Abbasides, or Abbaseeh, descended from Abbas,
the uncle of Mohammed.
E' Seffah,
Aboo '1 Abbas,
Abdallah.
El Munso<5r,
Aboo Gafer,
Abdallah.
El Mahdee, J
Mohammed. '
El Hadee Moosa.
Haroon e' Rashee'd,
or E'Rashe6d Ha-
ro<m.*
His brother. Boghdad is founded by
Munso<5r, and becomes the seat of
empire. Under these caliphs, astro-
nomy and the other sciences were
particularly patronized. In 755,
Abd e' Rahman establishes the Om-
miade dynasty at Cordova, an ex-
ample followed by the house of Alee,
the Edrissites of Mauritania, and the
Fatemites and Aglabites of Eastern
Africa.
His son.
His son.
His son. The hero of the Arabian
tales, the ally of Charlemagne, and
the dread of the Romans. The
Edrissites founded the kingdom of
Faz (Fez).
from
749
to
754
775
785
786
809
* Many of these names are convertible.
THE ABBASEEH CALIPHS.
[Chap. IX.
1 » •
O™ to
Name.
Events during their Heigns.
lists
from
724
Hesham.
His brother. Defeat of Abd e' Rah-
to
man in France by Charles Martel,
743
732.
A.D.
El Wele^d II.
Son of Yezeed.
744
Yezeed III.
His son.
744
Ibrahim.
His brother.
744
Merawan II.
Grandson of Merawan I.
749
Dynasty of the Abbasides, or Abbaseeh, descended from Abbas,
the uncle of Mohammed.
E' Seffah,
Aboo '1 Abbas,
Abdallah.
El Munso<5r,
Aboo Gafer,
Abdallah.
El Mahdee, J
Mohammed. '
El Hadee Moosa.
Haroon e' Rashee'd,
or E'Rashe6d Ha-
ro<m.*
His brother. Boghdad is founded by
Munso<5r, and becomes the seat of
empire. Under these caliphs, astro-
nomy and the other sciences were
particularly patronized. In 755,
Abd e' Rahman establishes the Om-
miade dynasty at Cordova, an ex-
ample followed by the house of Alee,
the Edrissites of Mauritania, and the
Fatemites and Aglabites of Eastern
Africa.
His son.
His son.
His son. The hero of the Arabian
tales, the ally of Charlemagne, and
the dread of the Romans. The
Edrissites founded the kingdom of
Faz (Fez).
from
749
to
754
775
785
786
809
* Many of these names are convertible.