| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Black Standard | In Shi'a Islam, the Black Standard is a messianic symbol. The tradition reports Muhammad said that the advent of the Mahdi would be signaled by 'Black Standards' proceeding from the north-eastern Iranian province of Khorasan. This may be part of the reason why black was adopted as the color of the Abbasid dynasty, since the Abbasids sought to attract Shi`ite support in their efforts to overthrow the Umayyads. (references) | ||
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| Black Standard | Literature | The dress, turbans, and standards of the Abbasside caliphs were all black. (D'Herbelot.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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