PersonAD 721 – AD 754
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
Also called: al-Saffah, Abu'l-Abbas
First Abbasid caliph (750–754), a descendant of Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas, proclaimed caliph at Kufa in 749; he overthrew the Umayyads in 750
Where they went
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Descendants of Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas harnessed the grievances of Persian converts and the Shia to overthrow the Umayyads and found the Abbasid dynasty.
People who appear alongside
- Abd al-Rahman IAD 731 – AD 788
Founding emir of the Umayyads of Córdoba (756–788), who escaped the Abbasid massacre of his family and set up his own state at Córdoba in 756
Themes this person appears in
- The Rise of the Islamic WorldAD 570 – 1055
From the revelation to Muhammad to the Seljuk entry into Baghdad — 450 years in which a new faith from Arabia built a civilisation stretching from Iberia to Central Asia and reached as far as Silla by sea