Abd Allah ibn Ali

Abd Allah ibn Ali عبد الله بن علي
Abbasid Governor of Syria
In office 750–754
Monarch	al-Saffah
Succeeded by	Salih ibn Ali
Personal details
Born	712[citation needed]
Died	764
Parent	Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas
Relatives	Salih ibn Ali (brother)
Residence	Damascus (750–754)
Military career
Allegiance	Abbasid Caliphate
Service/branch	Abbasid army
Years of service	750–754
Battles/wars	Abbasid Revolution

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن علي; c. 712 – 764 CE) was a member of the Abbasid dynasty, and played a leading role in its rise to power during the Abbasid Revolution. As governor of Syria, he consolidated Abbasid control over the province, eliminating the remnants of the Umayyad dynasty and suppressing pro-Umayyad uprisings. After the death of his nephew and first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, in 754, he launched a bid for the caliphal title against al-Saffah's brother, al-Mansur, but was defeated and imprisoned. He was killed in 764.