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  "ar": "العباس بن محمد بن علي بن عبد الله",
  "en": "al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah",
  "ur": "عباس بن محمد بن علی بن عبد اللہ"
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  "ar": "عم الخليفتين أبي العباس السفاح وأبي جعفر المنصور، وأحد قادة الدولة العباسية؛ أعاد فتح ملطية سنة 139هـ، وولّاه المنصور الجزيرة وثغورها سنة 142هـ تقريباً، وقاتل الروم، وتوفي سنة 186هـ. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 pp. 31–32}",
  "en": "Brother of the first two Abbasid caliphs, Abu al-'Abbas al-Saffah and Abu Ja'far al-Mansur. He helped retake Malatya in 139/756 and was appointed by al-Mansur governor of al-Jazira and its frontier district. He fought the Byzantines, led the troops for al-Mahdi's expedition of 159/775–6 and died in 186/802. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 pp. 31–32}",
  "ur": "پہلے دو عباسی خلفاء ابو العباس السفاح اور ابو جعفر المنصور کے بھائی اور عباسی ریاست کے سپہ سالار۔ 139/756 میں ملطیہ واپس لینے میں مدد کی، اور المنصور نے انہیں الجزیرہ کا والی بنایا۔ 186/802 میں وفات پائی۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 pp. 31–32}"
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. (Brill), vol. 1, PDF pp. 31–32; read from Apple Vision OCR, headword checked on the page image where marked",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "العباس بن محمد بن علي بن عبد الله، أخو الخليفتين العباسيين الأولين أبي العباس السفاح وأبي جعفر المنصور، وعم مؤسسي الدولة. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة",
     "markdown": "ساعد في استرداد ملطية سنة 139هـ / 756م. وبعد ثلاث سنوات ولاّه المنصور الجزيرة وثغورها المتاخمة. عُزل سنة 155هـ / 772م، لكن اسمه يتردد في السنين التالية، وإن كان دوره السياسي قليلاً. وتميز كثيراً في الحروب مع البيزنطيين. وفي سنة 159هـ / 775–776م وضعه المهدي على رأس الجند الذين جُمعوا لحملة على آسيا الصغرى، فأدى المهمة بنجاح كبير. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "توفي سنة 186هـ / 802م. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), translation from English"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd Allah was a brother of the first Abbasid caliphs, Abu l-'Abbas al-Saffah and Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, and an uncle of the dynasty's founders. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "He helped retake Malatya in 139/756. Three years later al-Mansur made him governor of al-Jazira and its neighbouring frontier district. He was dismissed in 155/772, but his name keeps appearing in the years that followed, although he played little political part. He distinguished himself often in the wars against the Byzantines. In 159/775–6 al-Mahdi put him at the head of the troops mustered for an expedition into Asia Minor, and he carried out that charge with great success. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
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    {
     "heading": "Death",
     "markdown": "He died in 186/802. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "العباس بن محمد بن علی بن عبد اللہ، عباسی خلفاء ابو العباس السفاح اور ابو جعفر المنصور کے بھائی تھے۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کیریئر",
     "markdown": "139/756 میں ملطیہ کی بازیابی میں مدد کی۔ المنصور نے انہیں الجزیرہ کا والی بنایا۔ بیزنطیوں کے خلاف جنگوں میں نمایاں رہے، اور 159/775–6 میں آسیائے کوچک کی مہم کی قیادت کی۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات",
     "markdown": "186/802 میں وفات پائی۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 31}"
    }
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