Abu Muslim (ä`b
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s`lĭm), c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside
..... Click the link for more information. revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banners of the Abbasids against the ruling Umayyad Umayyad (mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750).
..... Click the link for more information. family. In 749 he established Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah, the head of the Abbasid family, as caliph of Islam. Abu Muslim became governor of Khorasan, but the caliph al-Mansur Mansur, al- (äl-mänsr`) [Arab.,=the victorious], d.
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ms`lĭm), c.728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside..... Click the link for more information. revolution. By political and religious agitation he raised (747) the black banners of the Abbasids against the ruling Umayyad Umayyad (
mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750)...... Click the link for more information. family. In 749 he established Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah, the head of the Abbasid family, as caliph of Islam. Abu Muslim became governor of Khorasan, but the caliph al-Mansur Mansur, al- (äl-mäns
r`) [Arab.,=the victorious], d...... Click the link for more information. feared his power and treacherously murdered him.
Abu Muslim
(d. 755) Leader of a revolutionary movement in Khorasan whose efforts brought down the Umayyad dynasty. Born into the mawali (non-Arab Muslim) class and of humble origins, he met an agent of the 'Abbasid family while in prison (741). After his arranged release, he was sent to Khorasan (745–746) to instigate a revolt. Recruiting from various discontented groups, he succeeded in overthrowing the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II (750), and was rewarded with the governorship of Khorasan. His popularity led the second 'Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur, to view him as a threat and have him put to death. See also 'Abbasid dynasty.
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