During THE UMAYYAD DINASTY the islamic caliphate reached his top
 
It was a REAL WORLD POWER as you can see below

But a Revolt headed the ABASSID family overtrow the UMAYYAD dinasty....
after the conquest of the power the new caliphs shifted the capital from DAMASCUS to BAGHDAD

The city of Baghdad is often said to have been founded on the west bank of the Tigris on 30 July 762 by the Abbasid dynasty, led by caliph al-Mansur, replacing Harran as the seat of the caliphal government; however, a city of Baghdad is mentioned in pre-Islamic texts, including the Talmud,[3] and the Abbasid city was likely built on the site of this earlier settlement.

The site of Babylon, which had been deserted since the 2nd century BC, lies some 90 km (55 miles) to the south.

THEY CHOOSE THEN THE LAND OF SHINAR so is BAGHDAD the TRUE BABYLON THE PROSTITUTE!

 
Within a generation of its founding, Baghdad became a hub of learning and commerce. The House of Wisdom was an establishment dedicated to the translation of Greek, Middle Persian and Syriac works. The Barmakids were influential in bringing scholars from the nearby Academy of Gundishapur, facilitating the introduction of Greek and Indian science into the Arabic world. Baghdad was likely the largest city in the world from shortly after its foundation until the 930s, when it was tied by Córdoba.[7] Several estimates suggest that the city contained over a million inhabitants at its peak.[8] A portion of the population of Baghdad originated in Iran, especially from Khorasan. Many of Scheherazade's tales in One Thousand and One Nights are set in Baghdad during this period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad

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Fracture of Central Authority

Even by 820 CE, the Samanids had begun the process of exercising independent authority in Transoxiana and Greater Khorasan, the Shia Hamdanids in Northern Syria, and the successive Tahirid, Alid and Saffarid dynasties of Iran. By the early 10th century, the Abbasids almost lost control to the growing Persian faction known as the Buwayhids that replaced the Samanids as the Buwayhids were quietly able to assume real power in the bureaucracy at Baghdad.[1]
 
 

All these autonomous provinces slowly took on the characteristic of de facto states with hereditary rulers, armies, and revenues and operated under only nominal caliphal suzeranity, which may not necessarily be reflected by any contribution to the treasury.[2] The eventual rise of the Ghaznavid Empire and the Seljuks to displace all these factions marked the end of Abbasid political dominion over the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abassid
 

and as I said THE TEN AMIRS seem to me SUPRISINGLY SIMILAR

 

TO THE TEN HORNS of
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Daniel 7 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] Biblical Art and Illustrations
24. And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.
 

and of
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Revelation 17 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] Biblical Art and Illustrations
16. And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.
 

DIFFERENT is my elaboration about

Revelation 17 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] Biblical Art and Illustrations
12. And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

I think the SYRIAN BEAST will occupy THIS AREA

 

THEN HE WILL APPOINT AND SEND TEN "AMIRS" to CONQUER EVERYWHERE!
 

"For we want the flag of Islam to fly over those lands again, who were lucky enough, to be ruled by Islam for a time, and hear the call of the muezzin praise God. Then the light of Islam died out and they returned to disbelief. Andalusia, Sicily, the Balkans, Southern Italy and the Greek islands are all Islamic colonies which have to return to Islam's lap. The
Mediterranean and the Red Sea have to become internal seas of Islam, as they used to be".

Hassan AL Banna 1928

"Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it."

"I wanted a mission, and for my sins they get me one"