Abu Muslim
Abbasid general · Historical Figures · Lived 718 to 755 · aged 37
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Something wrong?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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Abbasid silver dirham in the name of abu Muslim struck at Marv in AH 132 (749-50), The David Collection, Copenhagen (36241672762)_by_Nasir_al-Din_Tusi_(fol._248r).jpg?width=1200)
Abu Muslim chastises a man for telling tales, Folio from the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-e Nasiri) by Nasir al-Din Tusi (fol. 248r)_from_the_genealogy_(silsilan%C4%81ma)%2C_Cream_of_Histories_(Z%C3%BCbdet-%C3%BCt_Tevarih%2C_1598).jpg?width=1200)
Portrait of Abu Muslim (d. 755) from the genealogy (silsilanāma), Cream of Histories (Zübdet-üt Tevarih, 1598)%2C_%E1%B8%A4usayn_(d._680)%2C_Sh%C4%81fi%60%C4%AB_(d._820)_and_Ab%C5%AB_%E1%B8%A4an%C4%ABfa_(d._767)%2C_with_%60Abb%C4%81sid_revolutionary_Ab%C5%AB_Muslim_(d._755).jpg?width=1200)
Portraits of the Imāms Ḥasan (d. 670), Ḥusayn (d. 680), Shāfi`ī (d. 820) and Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 767), with `Abbāsid revolutionary Abū Muslim (d. 755)
Халат и сабля шейха Абу МуслимаAbout this person
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 unrest across Greater Iran, where for centuries afterward he was venerated as a martyr and quasi-religious figure.
Historical Figures born in the 710s 6
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