Editing Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (section)

== Descendants ==
{{See|Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid dynasty|Caliphate}}
The [[Abbasid dynasty]] founded in 750 by [[As-Saffah|Abu al-ʻAbbās ʻAbdallāh as-Saffāh]] better known as ''As-Saffah'' claimed the title of [[caliph]] (literally "successor") through their descent from Abbas's son [[Ibn Abbas|Abdallah]].<ref name="Ref_">Ira Lapidus. ''A History of Islamic Societies''. Cambridge University Press. 2002 {{ISBN|0-521-77056-4}} p.54</ref>

Many other families claimed direct descent from Abbas, including the [[Dhund (tribe)|Dhund Abbasi]], A tribe in [[Pakistan]] and [[Azad Kashmir]]; the [[Berber people|Berber]] Banu Abbas;<ref name="Brett1997">{{Citation | last = Brett | year = 1997 | title = The Berbers | isbn = 0-631-20767-8 | publisher = Blackwell | location = Oxford | first =  Michael Fentress}}</ref> and the modern-day [[Bawazir]] of [[Yemen]];<ref name="Ref_a">[http://www.bawazir.com Web Site of the Bawazir Abbasid Hashimite Family]</ref> and [[Shaigiya]] and [[Ja'alin]] of [[Sudan]].<ref name="Nicholls1913">{{Citation | last = Nicholls | first =  W | year = 1913 | url=https://archive.org/details/shaikiyaaccounto00nich |title = The Shaikiya: an Account of the Shaikiya Tribes, of the History of Dongola Province from the XIVth to the XIXth Century}}</ref>