وفاة المنصور

وفاة المنصور

c. October 775 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 158 AH

Mecca

In year 158 al-Mansur ordered his deputy at Mecca to imprison Sufyan al-Thawri and Abbad ibn Kathir, and fear spread that he would kill them on arrival for hajj; God did not bring him to Mecca in health — he arrived ill and died of his ailment in Dhu'l-Hijja and was buried between al-Hujun and Bi'r Maymun {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 426}.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Arabia
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate

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Mecca

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Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· سفيان الثوري
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  • Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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