Muḥammad ibn
ʿAlī ibn
ʿAbd Allāh ibn
ʿal-ʿAbbās or Muḥammad al-Imām (679/80 - 743) was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs,
Al-Saffah and
Al-Mansur
Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr () was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 succeeding his brother al-Saffah (). He is known ...
, and as such was the progenitor of the
Abbasid dynasty
The Abbasid dynasty or Abbasids () were an Arab dynasty that ruled the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258. They were from the Qurayshi Hashimid clan of Banu Abbas, descended from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The Abbasid Caliphate is divid ...
.
He was the son of
Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas and great-grandson of
al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Islamic prophet,
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
.
Revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
When
al-Mukhtar announced the revenge of
Imam
Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...
al-Husayn, he showed himself as the representative of
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the Promised Mehdi according to him.
Imam of the Hashimiyya
After the death of
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the imamate of the
Kaysanite Shia transferred to his son
Abu Hashim, who transferred it to Muhammad, paving the way for the Abbasid ''
dawa'' and the
Abbasid Revolution.
The Abbasid Revolution
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Abbasids
7th-century Arab people
Year of birth uncertain
743 deaths
8th-century Arab people
8th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate
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