ʿAlī‎; 721/722 – 8 June 754), known by his laqab al-Saffah (Arabic: السفّاح, romanized: al-Saffāḥ), was the first caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, one...

June 10 – Caliph as-Saffah dies of smallpox after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his nominated heir and brother al-Mansur, as ruler of the Abbasid...

as by his laqab al-Manṣūr (المنصور) was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 CE – 775 CE) succeeding his brother al-Saffah (r...

Rayṭa bint al-Saffāḥ (Arabic: ريطة بنت السفاح) was an Abbasid princess, daughter of first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah (r. 750–754), niece of second Abbasid...

up by Ibrahim's brother Abdallah, known by the name of Abu al-'Abbas as-Saffah, who defeated the Umayyads in 750 in the battle near the Great Zab and...

Abbasid dynasty founded in 750 by Abu al-ʻAbbās ʻAbdallāh as-Saffāh better known as As-Saffah claimed the title of caliph (literally "successor") through...

having died in the meantime, Abū Muslim proclaimed [as] caliph his brother Abū l-'Abbās, known as as-Saffāḥ, in 749 in Kūfa. Kennedy, H. (2004). The prophet...

success in the Hijaz. Marwan suffered a decisive defeat by Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah on the banks of the Great Zab, called Battle of the Zab. At this battle...

father of the first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah. Al-Saffah appointed his paternal uncle, Dawud ibn Ali al-Hashimi as the first governor of Medina and Mecca...

Allah ibn Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim as the Imam. His son Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Saffah became the first Abbasid caliph, repudiating Shi'ism...

the siege of Wasit had even finished, As-Saffah, the great-grandson of Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, was recognized as the new caliph in the mosque at Kufa...

generally agreed to have ended with the collapse of the Achaemenid dynasty as a result of the Wars of Alexander the Great. The Fratarakas appear to have...

2008: Special Missions (Amaleyat Khasaa) (Arabic: عمليات خاصة) 2009: Al-Saffah (The Criminal or The Serial Killer) (Arabic: السفاح) 2012: Baba (film) (Baba)...

ibn al-Abbas. He was a paternal uncle of the first two Abbasid caliphs al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775), making him one of the "uncles"...

be his deputies (khulafa'). al-Saffah (d. 754), Abbasid Caliph who is known today as Saffah but the truth that al Saffah title was given to his uncle but...

ʿAffān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ (Arabic: عفان بن أبي العاص) was a famous 6th-century Arab merchant, a contemporary of the young Muhammad (c. 570–632) and the father...

themselves both "caliph" and "al-Mahdi", including the first Abbasid caliph As-Saffah. Al-Habbab Ibn ul-Munthir said, when the Sahaba met in the wake of the...

overthrown in 750 by a new dynasty, the Abbasids. The first Abbasid caliph, As-Saffah, recruited Shia support in his campaign against the Umayyads by emphasising...

placed under siege, and in November of the same year Abul Abbas as-Saffah was recognized as the new caliph in the mosque at Kufa.[citation needed] At this...

This family tree is about the relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a family member of the family of Hashim and the Quraysh tribe which is ‘Adnani...

is overthrown and executed by the first Abbasid Caliph, Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah. The Caliphate is moved to Baghdad which would later develop into a centre...

military expedition against the Byzantines under the Abbasid caliph al-Saffah (r. 750–754). Himyar: The most famous of whose septs were Zaid Al-Jamhur...

Ali Abbasi, the father of the first two caliphs of Abbasid Dynasty, al-Saffah and al-Mansur This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, functioning as his chief minister and introducing innovations in record-keeping. Under al-Saffah's successor, al-Mansur,...

nephew and first Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, in 754, he launched a bid for the caliphal title against al-Saffah's brother, al-Mansur, but was defeated...

Khadija is often referred to by Muslims as "The Mother of Believers". In Islam, she is an important female figure as one of the four 'ladies of heaven', alongside...

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya (Arabic: أبو العاص بن أمية) was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams. His sons were the following:...

سلمة بنت يعقوب المخزومي) was the principal wife of first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah, the founder of Abbasid dynasty. Umm Salama was the only woman in the Caliphate's...

already a known concept. Evidence shows that the first Abbasid caliph al-Saffah (r. 750–754) assumed the title of "the Mahdi" for himself. In Shia Islam...

also known as Umm Muḥammad (Arabic: أُمّ مُحَمَّد), was one of the wives of the Muslim caliph and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. Khawla was known as al-Hanafiyya...