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 West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura
Book by Mishal Fahm Al-Sulami; Routledge Curzon, 2003
...Nasrlidinallah, Caliph 53 Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Qadirbillah, Caliph 53 Abu al-Abbas, al-Radi bi-llah 209 Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah, Caliph 52 , 215 Abu Abdah al-Husain, al-uqtafiliamrallah, Caliph 53 Abu Abdallah al-Mutazzbillah...
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The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization -Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300
Book by Will Durant; Simon and Schuster, 1950
Subjects: Civilization, Christian--History, Civilization, Islamic--History, Civilization, Medieval--History, Jews--Civilization--History
...killed, and his head was sent to Abu al-Abbas. The new Caliph was not satisfied...blood." He named himself al-Saffah, the Bloodthirsty, and directed...CALIPHATE: 750-1058 1. Harun al-Rashid Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah found himself ruler of an empire...
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The Oxford History of Islam
Book by John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Islam--History
...Hashim, as Mutazilite, 280 Abu Jafar Muhammad al-Kulayni, Shiite hadith of, 75 Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Babuyah, Shiite hadith of, 75 Abu I-Abbas al Saffah, as caliph, 25 Abul-Fazl, Akbarnameh of...
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A Reader on Classical Islam
Book by F. E. Peters; Princeton University Press, 1994
Subjects: Islam
...paternal uncle. The revolt was successful: in 749 C.E. the last Umayyad was toppled and Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah assumed the Caliphate . Abu al-Abbas was not an Alid nor did he claim to be. His proof of legitimacy lay elsewhere, in the testimony...
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The World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History
Book by John L. Lamonte; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949
Subjects: Middle Ages
...Kufah the true caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah, the great- great...January 750, Abu al-Abbas defeated the Umayyad...Marwan followed. Then Abu al Abbas justified his sobriquet of al-Saffah the Bloodshedder by systematically...
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journal articles on: Abu Al Abbas As Saffah  - 3 results

 
 
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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
...Mawsil, 218, 223-24; Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri, Futuh al-buldan, ed. S D. al-Munajjid (Cairo, 1956-60), 213; Abu l-Abbas.sup.subset Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Marrakushi Ibn Idhari.sup.subset, al-Bayan al-mughrib...
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On the Origins of Shi'i Hadith
Journal article by Ron P. Buckley; The Muslim World, Vol. 88, 1998
Subjects: History, Islam, Law, Religion
...Talibi caliphate. Later, Abu Muslim is alleged to have written to the caliph Abu Jalfar al-Mansur and said that...caliphate to Abuil-<Abbas al-Saffah, the Talibis deserved to get it.28 Abu Salama and subsequently...
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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.
...611; Ahmad b. Yahya al-Baladhuri, Ansab al-ashraf (ed. M. Hamid...444-46; (ed. I. Abbas, Wiesbaden, 1979), 4.1:6 and n. 2; Abd al-Rahman b. Safwan Ibn...8: 174, 192-93; Abu Muhammad Ali Ibn Hazm...


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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...the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim , he took the reign name as-Saffah shedder of blood. Most of the Umayyad...
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Abu Muslim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Umayyad 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 treacherously...
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Abbasid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sid, Arab family descended from Abbas , the uncle of Muhammad. The Abbasids...Umayyads, and in 747 the gifted Abu Muslim united most of the empire...Abbasid family became caliph as Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah late in 749. The last Umayyad caliph...


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