Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad

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Abbasid caliph caliph founder of dynasty historical figure

Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, known by his regnal title As-Saffah, was the founder and first caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate who overthrew the Umayyad dynasty in the mid-8th century.

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Label Occurrences
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah 1
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah as caliph 1
Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph ⓘ
caliph ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās as-Saffah

Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh as-Saffah
ancestor al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form: al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
birthDate c. 721 ⓘ
birthName ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
birthPlace al-Humayma ⓘ
surface form: al-Ḥumaymah, Bilad al-Sham

al-Ḥumaymah, near al-Balqaʾ (in modern Jordan) ⓘ
branchOfIslam Sunni Islam ⓘ
brother Al-Mansur ⓘ
caliphate Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Anbar Governorate ⓘ
surface form: al-Anbar
deathDate 754 ⓘ
deathPlace Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
surface form: al-Anbar, Iraq
dynasty Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid
era 8th century ⓘ
ethnicity Arab ⓘ
father Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ⓘ
founderOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
grandfather ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Abbasid period ⓘ
honorificTitle خليفة المسلمين ⓘ
surface form: Caliph of the Muslims
house House of Abbas ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mother Rayṭa bint ʿUbayd Allāh al-Ḥārithīyah ⓘ
movement Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
notableFor founding the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
leading the Abbasid Revolution against the Umayyads ⓘ
overthrew Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad dynasty
positionHeld Caliph ⓘ
first Abbasid caliph ⓘ
predecessor Marwan II ⓘ
regionRuled Greater Syria ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
parts of Persia ⓘ
regnalName as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: As-Saffah
reignEnd 754 ⓘ
reignStart 750 ⓘ
relative Al-Mansur ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Al-Mansur ⓘ
titleMeaning as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: As-Saffah means "the Blood-Shedder" or "the Lavish"
tribe Banu Hashim ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

as-Saffah → fullName → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
Battle of the Zab → associatedWith → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
Abbasid forces → helpedInstall → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah as caliph
Umayyad–Abbasid conflict → significantFigure → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh → notableDescendant → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abū al-ʿAbbās as-Saffāḥ
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → alsoKnownAs → Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh as-Saffah