ABU AL-ABBAS AS-SAFFAH

äˈboo äl-äbäsˈ äs-säfäˈ, d. 754, 1st Abbasid caliph (749–54). Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim, he took the reign name as-Saffah [shedder of blood]. Most of the Umayyad family was exterminated, and the reign was one of massacre and force. He was succeeded by his brother al-Mansur.

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The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization: Qudama B. Jafar and His Kitab Al-Kharaj Wa-Sina'At Al-Kitaba
Book by Paul L. Heck; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic, Classification, Encyclopedias And Dictionaries, Arabic, Islam And State--History--To 1500, Qudamah Ibn Ja'Far--D. 922?--Kitab Al-Kharaj
...Bosworth, Abu Abdallah al-Khwarazml on...Ifamduniyya, ed. I. Abbas, 10 vols., Beirut...language, such as the litt6rateur...al-Sirafi and Abu Bishr Matta...given by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597...dent of Thalab as Ibn al-jawzi...al-ayib, ed. I. Abbas, 7 vols., Beirut...
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The West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura
Book by Mishal Fahm Al-Sulami; Routledge Curzon, 2003
...government is based on shura and has enacted it as an essential principle. He argues that...plebiscite 32 or by nominating ahl al-Hall wa al- Aqd (the people of loosing...agree upon an error. In this sense, Ibn Abbas reported a similar hadith of the Prophet...
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The Quest for the Historical Muhammad
Book by Ibn Warraq; Prometheus Books, 2000
Subjects: Islam--Controversial Literature, Muhammad--Prophet--D. 632
...talented essayist Abbas Mahmud al Aqqad, a man...improved a great deal, as can be seen by...7. Abdullah b. Abu Bakr b. Muhammad...interpretation of Ibn Abbas, or at least that...with Birkeland as to his evaluation...Syria, Babilyun/al-Fustat and Alexandria...
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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present
Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1956
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Arabs, Civilization, Arab
...mountain of abu-Qubays...departure from al- Muzdalifah...Damascus today, as seen from al...2 Abu-Dawud, Sunan...too, such as the banu-Taghlib...reservations. The poet al-Qu ami of the...accepting him as a guest, is...1 Abu-Tammam, Ashar al-H amasah , ed...
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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present
Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1951
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Arabs, Civilization, Arab, Islamic Empire--History
...mountain of abu-Qubays...departure from al- Muzdalifah...Damascus today, as seen from al...2 Abu-Dawud, Sunan...too, such as the banu-Taghlib...reservations. The poet al-Qut ami of the...accepting him as a guest, is...1 Abu-Tammam, Ash ar al-H amasah...
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The Succession to the Caliph Musa Al-Hadi
Journal article by Richard Kimber; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects: Arabs and Islam--History, Harun al-Rashid--Political activity, Islamic Empire--History
...subsetAbbas al-Saffah is remembered as having been called al-murtada...caliphate of Abu Ja.sup.subsetfar...his uncle Abbas.sup.subset...their status as Hashemite...the slogan al-rida min...the Talibid Abu Hashim ibn...sup.subset Abbas says more...the dying Abu Hashim ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya...AlTabari as usual knows...
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Forgotten Witness: Evidence for the Early Codification of the Qur'an
Journal article by Estelle Whelan; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 118, 1998
Subjects: Islamic literature--Analysis, Koran (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...was chief qadi of al-Madinah, as was Muhammads grandson Muhammad...Allah. The latters half-brother Abu Bakr b. Abd Allah supported the revolt of Muhammad b. Abd Allah b. al-Hasan, "the Pure Soul," in 145...363,404, 441, 444-46; (ed. I. Abbas, Wiesbaden, 1979), 4.1:6 and...


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encyclopedia articles on: Abu Al Abbas As Saffah  - 3 results

 
 
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Abu Al-Abbas As-Saffah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABU AL-ABBAS AS-SAFFAH a boo al-abas as-safa , d. 754, 1st Abbasid...by the armed might of Abu Muslim , he took the reign name as-Saffah shedder of blood. Most of...succeeded by his brother al- Mansur...
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Abu Muslim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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 feared his power and...
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Abbasid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The head of the Abbasid family became caliph as Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah late in 749. The last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II...to rule. Under the second Abbasid caliph, called al-Mansur (see Mansur, al- , d. 775), the capital was moved from Damascus...


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