Abbasid dynasty

Abbasid caliphs
العباسيون
Abbasid caliphs; العباسيون
	Flag of Abbasid dynasty
Parent family	Banu Hashim
Country	Abbasid Caliphate
Founded	750 (in Baghdad); 1261 (in Cairo)
Final ruler	Al-Mutawakkil III
Historic seat	Al-Kūfah (Kufa); Baġdād (Baghdad); Sāmarra (Samarra);
Titles	Caliph (Amir al-Mu'minin); Sultan of Egypt;
Dissolution	1258 (in Baghdad); 1517 (in Cairo)

The Abbasid dynasty or Abbasids (Arabic: بنو العباس, romanized: Banu al-ʿAbbās) were an Arab dynasty that ruled the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258. They were from the Qurayshi Hashimid clan of Banu Abbas, descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The Abbasid Caliphate is divided into three main periods: Early Abbasid era (750–861), Middle Abbasid era (861–936) and Later Abbasid era (936–1258). A cadet branch of the dynasty also ruled as ceremonial rulers for the Mamluk Sultanate as Caliph (1261–1517), until their conquest by the Ottoman Empire.