English: Map of the Abbasid Caliphate at the end of the reign of al-Mu'tamid in 891-892. Dark green denotes provinces under the effective control of the central government; light green denotes provinces under the control of autonomous governors or rebels.

The core Abbasid territories include Shahrazur, Darabadh, al-Samaghan, Hulwan, Masabadhan, Mihrijanqadhaq, the Euphrates districts, and Qarqisiyya (al-Tabari v. 37, p. 98; Bianquis p. 96).

Map originally created as an .SVG file in Inkscape and converted to .PNG for size reasons.

Background topography taken from DEMIS Mapserver , which are public domain.

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