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Practice these MCQs in the appQuick fact: The first capital of the Abbasid Caliphate was Kufa, where the oath of allegiance was taken in 750 CE before the founding of Baghdad.
When the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads in 750 CE, they initially established their capital at Kufa, where Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah was proclaimed the first Abbasid Caliph. However, Kufa served as the capital only briefly. The second Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mansur, founded the city of Baghdad in 762 CE, which then became the permanent and most famous capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
The Abbasid Revolution (747–750 CE) began in Khurasan and swept across the Islamic world, ending Umayyad rule. After the victory, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah was declared Caliph in Kufa. The city of Kufa, located in present-day Iraq, had earlier served as a major garrison town and administrative center during the Rashidun and Umayyad periods. Al-Mansur later moved the capital to the newly built city of Baghdad, which became a center of learning and culture during the Islamic Golden Age.
