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What were the early years of the Abbasides like?

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Under the second Abbasid caliph, called al-Mansur (see Mansur, al- , d. 775), the capital was moved from Damascus to Baghdad, and Persian influence grew strong in the empire. The early years of Abbasid rule were brilliant, rising to true splendor under Harun ar-Rashid , the fifth caliph, and to intellectual brilliance under his son al-Mamun (see Mamun, al- ), the seventh caliph.

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