Abu Muslim
Abbasid general
- Fame58.8
- Momentum0.4
- Global rank#62
Source-basedStable
- Fame58.8
- Momentum0.4
- Global rank#62
- Historical Figures rank#188
- Wikipedia16.5K
Lived 718–755, aged 37
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Updated 2026-06-09
He was born a slave and died by order of the dynasty he'd installed. In between, Abu Muslim commanded the military campaign that ended a caliphate and replaced it with another — then became too dangerous to the men he'd made rulers.
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Enslaved in Kufa sometime in the early eighth century, he was freed by Shi'ite activists tied to the Abbasid family, who saw his abilities and gave him a war name. In 747 he opened the revolt in Khorasan, took Merv, and led Abbasid forces west across Iran and into the Levant until Umayyad authority collapsed and a new caliphate rose in its place. As governor of Khorasan he became one of the most powerful figures in the early Abbasid state. That power made him a problem. The second caliph, al-Mansur, had him executed in 755 on a likely false charge of crypto-Zoroastrianism. His death set off un…
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Stable58.8
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Momentum0.4
Historical23.3
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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