Black Standard Raised: Abbasid Revolution Begins in Khorasan
Abu Muslim Khorasani unfurled the Black Standard in the eastern province of Khorasan, launching an open revolt that would topple the Umayyad Caliphate and reshape the Islamic world within three years. His army of Persian converts, Arab settlers, and disaffected subjects swept westward, exploiting widespread resentment of Umayyad Arab supremacism. The Abbasid Revolution transferred the caliphate to Baghdad and inaugurated an era of cultural and scientific achievement remembered as the Islamic Golden Age.
June 9, 747
1279 years ago
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