Banu Abbas

The Banu Abbas (بنو العباس‎) are an Arabian tribe, descendants of Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. The caliphs of the Banu Abbas served as heads of the Muslim community for a period of five centuries (from 750 until the sack of Baghdad in 1258). This was the Abbasid caliphate.

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Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answer updated 1 year ago

Sunni books of history are full of narrations about the crimes of many Abbasid rulers against Ahlul Bayt (AS) including including killing Imam Al-Sadiq (AS) by Al-Mansour Al-Abbasi, and killing Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (AS) by Haroon Al-Abbasi and killing Imam Al-Redha (Aas) by Al-Ma'moon Al-Abbasi and killing other Imams of Ahlul Bayt (AS) by other Abbasid rulers. You can read more details in Tareekh Al-Tabari and Maqaatil Al-Talibiyyeen by abu Al-Faraj Al- Isfahan I.

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