Abbasid uprising in Khorasan

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The Abbasid uprising in Khorasan was a pivotal 8th-century revolt that mobilized local discontent and military support to overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate and establish Abbasid rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid Revolution
military campaign
revolt
chronologicalPrecedence Battle of the Zab
commander Abu Muslim
surface form: Abu Muslim al-Khurasani
endTime 750
followedBy consolidation of Abbasid power in Iraq and the central Islamic lands
goal to depose the Umayyad Caliphate
to establish Abbasid rule
hasCause grievances of non-Arab Muslims (mawali)
local discontent with Umayyad rule
religious opposition to Umayyad policies
support for the Abbasid family
tribal tensions in the Umayyad army
hasEffect end of Umayyad political dominance in the eastern Islamic world
establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate
overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate
rise of the Abbasid black-banner movement
transfer of the caliphal capital from Syria to Iraq
hasMainLocation Khorasan
Marw
Transoxiana
eastern Islamic world
historicalPeriod 8th century
historicalRegion early Islamic Iran
influenced formation of the Abbasid Khurasani army
shift of Islamic political center to Iraq
opposingCommander Nasr ibn Sayyar
participant Banu Hashim
surface form: Abbasid family

Abu Muslim
surface form: Abu Muslim al-Khurasani

Khurasani Arabs
surface form: Khurasani Arab tribes

Nasr ibn Sayyar
Umayyad Caliphate
local Iranian populations
non-Arab Muslim converts (mawali)
partOf Abbasid Revolution
politicalContext Umayyad–Abbasid conflict
surface form: Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry
religiousContext Islam
result collapse of Umayyad authority in the East
victory of the Abbasid movement
significance mobilized local discontent and military support in Khorasan against the Umayyads
pivotal event in the transition from Umayyad to Abbasid rule
startTime 747
supported as-Saffah
surface form: Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah

Ibrahim al-Imam
usedSymbol black banners

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Third Fitna significantEvent Abbasid uprising in Khorasan
Abbasid forces partOf Abbasid uprising in Khorasan
this entity surface form: Abbasid movement in Khurasan