A LOT OF 6 EARLY ISLAMIC UMAYYAD:KHALIFAH AR Silver Dirham's, ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE'S. The Abbasid Caliphate ( /ə ˈ b æ s ɪ d / or /ˈ æ b ə s ɪ d / Arabic : اَلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلْعَبَّاسِيَّةُ, al-Khilāfah al-ʿAbbāsīyah ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.