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Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) or Bihzādān Pūr Wandād Hormozd (بهزادان پور ونداد هرمزد) was a Persian general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the ...
Abu Muslim, leader of a movement of Arab and non-Arab Muslims that unseated the Arab-dominated Umayyad caliphate and paved the way for Abbasid rule under a common Islamic banner. He was appointed governor of Khorasan, but he was later executed by al-Mansur because of his great power and popularity.
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On 9 June 747 (Ramadan 25, 129AH), Abu Muslim successfully initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which was carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. Close to 10,000 soldiers were under Abu Muslim's command when the hostilities officially began in Merv.
Jan 9, 2022 · Abu Muslim was his revolutionary title, given to him by the Abbasid imam Ibrahim, whom he supported. Some sources state that he was Iranian and a descendent of Godarz and Bozorgmeher (the Sasanian vizier of Khusraw Anushrivan) and give his name as Ibrahim, while others give his name as Behzadan son of Vendad Hormoz.
Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani or Bihzādān Pūr Wandād Hormozd was a Persian general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate.
The Abbasid revolution was the first major military-political upheaval in the Muslim world, which resulted in the destruction of one dynasty and its replacement by another. The lessons from that revolution are as valid today as they were in the year 750.
Jul 19, 2011 · Imam Ebrāhīm reconfirmed Abū Moslem when they met with Shiʿite leaders at Mecca during the pilgrimage. Returning east, Abū Moslem settled in a village belonging to the Ḵozāʿī Arabs in Marv. He devoted himself to spreading ʿAbbasid propaganda and sent missionaries throughout the province.
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