Father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs (c.680–743)
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.
Revolt of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
When al-Mukhtar announced the revenge of Imam al-Husayn, he showed himself as the representative of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the Promised Mehdi according to him.[citation needed]
Imam of the Hashimiyya
After the death of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, the imamate of the Kaysanite Shia transferred to his son Abu Hashim, who transferred it to Muhammad, paving the way for the Abbasid dawa and the Abbasid Revolution.[5]
Family tree
Notes
- ^ Arabic: محمد بن علي بن عبد الله
References
- ^ Khallikân (Ibn), II, 593, quotes Al-Tabari, "Tarikh".
- ^ Hitti, "History of the Arabs", p.289.
- ^ Khallikan (Ibn), "Wafayât al A'yân wa-Anbâ' Abnâ' al-Zamân", II, 592-4.
- ^ Nadim (al-), ed, Dodge, B., "Al-Fihrist," pp. 222, 378, 1051.
- ^ The Abbasid Revolution
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