In 'The Umayyad State and the Abbasid State', Sheikh Muhammad Al-Khudari provides a series of lectures on the history of Islamic nations. This book offers his second set of lectures focusing on the Abbasid era in the East. The Abbasid history is a significant part of Islamic history, starting from the year 132 to 656, continuing to hold the caliphate title in Egypt until 923. Al-Khudari, however, did not trace their journey from Iraq to Egypt, leaving those events to the history of Egypt due to the connection between the two histories. He endeavors to portray their political state from the beginning of their caliphate by their leaders in Khorasan and Iraq to their end at the hands of Hulagu Khan, the Mongol and grandson of Genghis Khan. He explains the state's condition through its different stages of strength and weakness, elucidating the reasons that elevated them to the peak of power and influence and the factors that led to their decline in territorial extent and prestige. He concludes his discussion by summarizing these causes, reserving their scientific history for separate lectures that encompass the entire scientific history of Islam due to the interconnectedness of its parts.

• Author: Muhammad Al-Khudari Bey
• Publishing House: Arab Book House-Beirut
• Edition Number: 1
• Number of Pages: 421
• Number of Parts: 1
• Binding Type: Cardboard Bound
• Paper Type: White
• Colors of Printing: Single Color