Abu Muslim

Abu Muslim
Abu Muslim
ابومسلم خراسانی
	Portrait of Abu Muslim (d. 755) from the genealogy (silsilanāma) "Cream of Histories" (Zübdet-üt Tevarih, 1598)
Born	Unknown birth name, possibly Behzadan, or Ibrahim; 718/19 or 723/27; Merv or Isfahan
Died	755; Al-Mada'in, Iraq
Known for	Abbasid Revolution
Title	Abbasid governor of Khurasan
Term	748–755
Military career
Battles/wars	Abbasid Revolution; Battle Of Talas;

Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) or Bihzādān Pūr Wandād Hormozd (بهزادان پور ونداد هرمزد)^[1] was a Persian^[2]^[3] general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Little is known about Abu Muslim's origins, but by the early 740s he had been in contact with Abbasid agents and around the year 745 he was sent to Khorasan. In 747, Abu Muslim ignited an open revolt against Umayyad rule and quickly took Merv. He gradually strengthened Abbasid control over Khorasan, and was appointed governor of the province following the establishment of the Abbasid caliphate in 750. Wary of Abu Muslim's rising influence and popularity, the second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur, ordered his death. He was executed in front of the caliph in Al-Mada'in in 755 on charges of heresy.

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^ Bahramian, Ali; Sajjadi, Sadeq; Bernjian, Farhoud (2008). "Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica. Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0113. Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī was a famous Persian dāʿī (missionary) and commander (ca. 100–137/ca. 718–754).
^ Encyclopedia.com Archived 30 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine "c. 728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution."

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[2] Bahramian, Ali; Sajjadi, Sadeq; Bernjian, Farhoud (2008). "Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica. Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0113. Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī was a famous Persian dāʿī (missionary) and commander (ca. 100–137/ca. 718–754).

[3] Encyclopedia.com Archived 30 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine "c. 728–755, Persian leader of the Abbasid revolution."

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