After this dynasty fell into decline, it briefly became a vassal to the Buyid emirs in Shiraz.
After this dynasty fell into decline, it briefly became a vassal to the Buyid emirs in Shiraz. Around the same time, the Samanids and the Ghaznavids broke away from this dynasty in Khorasan. It came to power in a revolution led by the populist general Abu Muslim, whom this dynasty quickly murdered afterwards. The Barmakid family from Bactria wielded much influence in this dynasty's early years. To avoid (*) shedding royal blood, this dynasty's last king was rolled up in a carpet and stomped to death by horses. This caliphate lost most of its territory to the Fatimids and Seljuk Turks in the 10th century. In 1258, Hulagu Khan sacked its capital of Baghdad. For 10 points, name this caliphate that succeeded the Umayyads.
After this dynasty fell into decline, it briefly became a vassal to the Buyid emirs in Shiraz.
Abbasid caliphate/dynasty [or the Abbasids; or al-Khilāfah al-Abbāsīyah]