Question

The Abbasids sought to lessen the power of the by moving their capital to Baghdad.

Answer 1

Arabs I think :) hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer: Arabs.

Explanation:

In 750 CE, the Abbasids overcame the Umayyad dynasty. They backed the non-Arab Muslims, by transferring the empire’s capital from Damascus, in what we now know as Syria, to Baghdad, in today´s Iraq. The Persian administration gradually supplanted the old Arab aristocracy, while the Abbasids built the new positions of vizier and emir to select their central power.