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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4851674, member: 75482"]Regarding the popularity of the 'Abbasid caliphs, it's good to remember that the 'Abbasid caliphs were not only temporal rulers but the spiritual heads of Sunni Islam. In much the same way that Roman Catholics understand the Popes to be inheritors of the spiritual authority given to St. Peter by Christ, Sunni Muslims understood the 'Abbasid Caliphs to be inheritors of the divine authority given by Allah to the Prophet Muhammad.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story goes that the last 'Abbasid caliph was rolled in a carpet and trampled to avoid the spilling of royal blood, a Mongol taboo. Another story recounts that the caliph was locked in his treasury where he starved to death because by refusing to surrender, he had valued his wealth more than his people.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, only the western provinces of the Roman empire "fell" in AD 476. The imperial capital had already moved to Constantinople, which endured until 1453. The last titular emperor of Rome was Francis II of Austria who abdicated in 1806.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4851674, member: 75482"]Regarding the popularity of the 'Abbasid caliphs, it's good to remember that the 'Abbasid caliphs were not only temporal rulers but the spiritual heads of Sunni Islam. In much the same way that Roman Catholics understand the Popes to be inheritors of the spiritual authority given to St. Peter by Christ, Sunni Muslims understood the 'Abbasid Caliphs to be inheritors of the divine authority given by Allah to the Prophet Muhammad. The story goes that the last 'Abbasid caliph was rolled in a carpet and trampled to avoid the spilling of royal blood, a Mongol taboo. Another story recounts that the caliph was locked in his treasury where he starved to death because by refusing to surrender, he had valued his wealth more than his people. By the way, only the western provinces of the Roman empire "fell" in AD 476. The imperial capital had already moved to Constantinople, which endured until 1453. The last titular emperor of Rome was Francis II of Austria who abdicated in 1806.[/QUOTE]
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