as-Saffah

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caliph founder of dynasty human

As-Saffah was the founder and first caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, known for overthrowing the Umayyads and establishing a new Islamic caliphal rule in 750 CE.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	caliph → founder of dynasty → human →
branchOfReligion	Sunni Islam →
capitalDuringReign	Kufa →
causeOfDeath	smallpox →
countryOfBirth	Umayyad Caliphate →
dynasty	Abbasid dynasty →
epithet	al-Saffah →
epithetMeaning	the Blood-Shedder →
era	8th century →
ethnicGroup	Arab →
eventParticipatedIn	Abbasid Revolution →
familyRelationToMuhammad	descendant of al-ʿAbbās, uncle of Muhammad →
father	Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh →
fullName	Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad →
grandfather	ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās →
greatGrandfather	al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib →
house	House of Abbas →
knownFor	Abbasid Revolution leadership → founding the Abbasid Caliphate → overthrowing the Umayyad dynasty →
laterSeatOfGovernment	al-Anbar →
maternalFamilyBackground	Persian →
name	As-Saffah →
notableBattleContext	Battle of the Zab →
orderInOffice	first Abbasid caliph →
overthrew	Umayyad Caliphate →
placeOfBirth	Bilad al-Sham → al-Humayma →
placeOfDeath	Iraq → al-Anbar →
policy	persecution of remaining Umayyads →
positionHeld	Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate →
predecessor	Marwan II →
proclaimedCaliphAt	Kufa →
proclaimedCaliphYear	749 →
regionRuled	Arabian Peninsula → Iran → Iraq → parts of the Levant →
regnalName	as-Saffah →
reignEnd	754 →
reignStart	750 →
relatedTo	Prophet Muhammad →
religion	Islam →
sibling	al-Manṣūr →
successor	al-Manṣūr →
tribe	Banu Hashim →
yearOfBirth	c. 721 →
yearOfDeath	754 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Mansur ("As-Saffah") →	brother
Marwan II ("Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah") →	defeatedBy
As-Saffah ("al-Saffah") →	epithet
Abbasid Caliphate →	firstCaliph
Abbasid Caliphate →	firstRuler
As-Saffah ("As-Saffah") →	name
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ("al-Saffah") →	notableDescendants
Al-Mansur ("As-Saffah") →	predecessor
As-Saffah →	regnalName
Abbasid Caliphate ("al-Mansur") →	secondCaliph
Marwan II ("As-Saffah") →	successor