al-Saffah

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Caliph
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Kufa
Taxation system
Managing diverse populations
gptkbp:birthPlace Kufa
gptkbp:birthYear 722
gptkbp:capital Baghdad
gptkbp:children gptkb:Al-Mansur
gptkbp:contribution Expansion_of_the_Islamic_Empire
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Patronage of scholars
Support for poets and scholars
Literature and science
Integration of various cultures in the empire
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Islamic_culture
Persian_culture
gptkbp:deathPlace al-Anbar
gptkbp:deathYear 754
gptkbp:dynasty Abbasid
gptkbp:economicActivity Trade expansion
gptkbp:era Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:father gptkb:Abdallah_ibn_Muhammad
gptkbp:governance Authoritarian
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-Umayyad era
gptkbp:historicalEvent Abbasid Revolution
gptkbp:historicalImpact Shift_of_power_from_Umayyads_to_Abbasids
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Influence on future caliphs
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Al-Tabari's_History
Controversial figure in history
Chronicled by historians
Early_Islamic_period
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Abbasid Caliph
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Saffah
gptkbp:internationalRelations Relations_with_Byzantium
gptkbp:knownFor Establishing_the_Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Foundation_of_Abbasid_rule
gptkbp:militaryRank Guerrilla warfare tactics
Led military campaigns against rivals
Army_restructuring
Against_Umayyad_loyalists
gptkbp:mother Al-Sayyida
gptkbp:nationality Arab
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Zab
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Abbasid
Established relative stability in the empire.
gptkbp:politicalPosition Abbasid ideology
Opposition_from_Umayyad_supporters
With_Persian_factions
gptkbp:politicalRole Leader_of_the_Abbasid_Revolution
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Abu_Muslim_al-Khorasani
gptkbp:reign 4 years
750
754
gptkbp:religion Islam
Support_for_Sunni_Islam
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Zaynab_bint_al-Ash'ath
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Al-Mansur
gptkb:al-Mansur
gptkbp:title gptkb:Al-Saffah
Caliph_of_the_Muslims