Abu Muslim
Abbasid general
6 dated entries naming Abu Muslim, drawn from 6 separate years between 718 CE and 755 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as Abu Muslim Khorasani in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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8th century
- 718Abu Muslim Khorasani, Muslim general (earliest estimated date; d. 755)source
- 727Abu Muslim Khorasani, Muslim general (latest estimated date; d. 755)source
- 747June 9 – Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani, Persian military leader from Khorasan, begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. Close to 10,000 Muslims, primarily Khorasani Persians are under his command, when the hostilities officially begin in Merv (modern Turkmenistan).source
- 748February 14 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan (modern Iran), marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i takes the cities Nishapur and Rey, defeating an Umayyad army (10,000 men) at Gorgan.source
- 754November – Abdallah ibn Ali, governor of Syria and uncle of as-Saffah, launches a claim for the caliphate, but is defeated by forces loyal to al-Mansur, under Abu Muslim, at Nisibis (modern Turkey).source
- 755Abu Muslim Khorasani, Persian generalsource
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