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GCSE History · key term
A branch of Islam represented in this period by the Abbasid caliphs and the Seljuk rulers. Unlike the Shia Fatimids, the Abbasids did not claim the special spiritual insight of an imam.
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Paper 3
Revise: The Islamic worldOriginally from central Asia, their leaders converted to Islam and supported Sunni Islam. Through conquest, they established power across Persia and Mesopotamia and expanded towards Syria and Anatolia.
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