Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallah

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah
DiedAugust/September 743
Known forAncestor of Abbasid dynasty
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ParentʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh (father)
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Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās[a] or Muḥammad al-Imām (679/80 - 743)[1] was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, Al-Saffah and Al-Mansur, and as such was the progenitor of the Abbasid dynasty.[2][3][4]

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.


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  1. ^ Khallikân (Ibn), II, 593, quotes Al-Tabari, "Tarikh".
  2. ^ Hitti, "History of the Arabs", p.289.
  3. ^ Khallikan (Ibn), "Wafayât al A'yân wa-Anbâ' Abnâ' al-Zamân", II, 592-4.
  4. ^ Nadim (al-), ed, Dodge, B., "Al-Fihrist," pp. 222, 378, 1051.

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