The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (5 page)

 
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(mid-2nd cent. CE).
Jewish Palestinian
tanna
. He passed on traditions concerning the human embryo and the structure and furnishing of the
Temple
.

 
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‘Abb
s Effendi
(one-time head of Bah
faith)
:

see
SHOGHI EFFENDI
.

 
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(Arab.,
al-dawlah al-‘abb
siya
, from
Ban
al-‘Abb
s
). Muslim dynasty in power 749–1258 CE (AH 132–656). Their name is derived from their ancestor
al-‘Abb
s
, the uncle of
Mu
ammad
. After the death of
‘Al
b. Ab
T
lib
, the rule passed to the
Umayyads
with their capital in
Damascus
(660–750 CE (AH 41–132).) Social, economic, political, and religious factors combined led to an uprising with strong Persian and
Sh
‘ite
elements, and the Umayyads were ousted, nearly all of them killed, and al-Saff
(‘the spiller’, i.e., of Umayyad blood) took over power as the first of the ‘Abb
sid rulers. The next caliph, al-Man