ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad

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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, better known by his regnal name Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ, was the founder and first caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate who overthrew the Umayyad dynasty in the mid-8th century.

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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph
caliph
founder of state
human
ancestralClaim descendant of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
associatedWithEvent Battle of the Zab
associatedWithRegion Iraq
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan
birthPlace Bilad al-Sham
linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar

al-Humayma
birthYear 721
burialPlace al-Anbar
linked to: Anbar Governorate
cameToPowerAfter Abbasid Revolution
capitalDuringReign Kufa
child Rayta bint al-Saffah
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate
deathDate 754-06-10
deathPlace Iraq
al-Anbar
linked to: Anbar Governorate
deathYear 754
dynasty Abbasid dynasty
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
epithet al-Saffāḥ
linked to: as-Saffah
epithetMeaning the Blood-Shedder
era 8th century
father Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah
founderOf Abbasid Caliphate
house House of Abbas
knownAs Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ
language Arabic
laterSeatOfGovernment al-Anbar
linked to: Anbar Governorate
mother Rayta bint Ubayd Allah al-Harithiyya
name ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad
notableFor establishing Abbasid rule over most of the former Umayyad territories
massacre of Umayyad family members
overthrew Umayyad Caliphate
positionHeld Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
first Abbasid caliph
predecessor Marwan II
regnalName Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ
reignEnd 754
reignStart 750
relative al-Mansur
as-Saffah’s uncle Isa ibn Ali
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
spouse Umm Salama bint Yaqub al-Makhzumi
linked to: Umm Salama
successor al-Mansur
tribe Banu Hashim
Quraysh

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Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad birthName ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad name ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad