Abu Ja'far al-Mansur

أبو جعفر المنصور

Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn al-Abbas, second Abbasid caliph; in al-Baladhuri: the thousand dinars Abd al-Malik had added to the Cypriots' tribute ran until his caliphate, when he said 'we are worthier of being just to them, and did not profit by wronging them', restoring them to Mu'awiya's ancient treaty; he it was who granted his brother Sulayman ibn Ali Balis and its villages after the confiscation of Umayyad wealth.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Participated in
The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Killing of Mansur ibn Jamwana· The Rising of Musafir al-Qassab in Armenia· Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Al-Mansur's Rebuilding of Malatya· The Second Raid on Cyprus· Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami's Governorship of Armenia

People and things also explored

Armenia· Harun al-Rashid· al-Raqqa· The Building of al-Rafiqa· Muhammad al-Mahdi· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· The First Raid on Cyprus

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Armenia

Armenia in al-Baladhuri on two schemata: Shimshat, Qaliqala, Khilat, Arjish and Bajunays as the fourth Armenia; the Busfurrajan district, Dabil, Siraj Tayr and Baghrawand the third; Jurzan the second; and Sisajan and Arran the first — or, it is said, Shimshat alone the fourth; Qaliqala, Khilat, Arjish and Bajunays the third; Siraj Tayr, Baghrawand, Dabil and Busfurrajan the second; and Sisajan, Arran and Tiflis the first; Jurzan and Arran were in Khazar hands and the rest of Armenia in Roman hands under the lord of the Armeniakoi, while it had lain in Persian hands until Islam appeared, Anushirwan having confirmed the kings of Jabal al-Qabq on their kingdoms for tribute.