According to the Encyclopedia Iranica, "sources differ regarding his original name and his origin. Some make him a descendant of Gōdarz and of the vizier Bozorgmehr and call him Ebrāhīm; some name him … 查看更多內容

He took Merv in December 747 (or January 748), defeating the Umayyad governor Nasr ibn Sayyar, as well as Shayban al … 查看更多內容

The sincerity of the Islamic beliefs of Abu Muslim have been called into question especially in light of his close relations with the mobad Sunpadh. After, his success in Gorgan, there is an account of a tribesman being able to get through to the Abbasid line and carry … 查看更多內容

At least three epic romances were written about him:
• Marzubānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻImrān, Akhbār shuʻarāʾ al-Shīʻah
• Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, Abū … 查看更多內容

He grew up at Kufa, where he served as a slave and saddler of the Banu Ijil clan. It was there that Abu Muslim came into contact with Shia Muslims.
Kufa at the time … 查看更多內容

After the establishment of the Abbasid regime, Abu Muslim remained in Khurasan as its governor. In this role he suppressed the Shi'a uprising of Sharik ibn Shaikh al-Mahri in 查看更多內容

His murder was not well received by the residents of Khurasan, and there was resentment and rebellion among the population over the brutal methods used by Al-Mansur. … 查看更多內容