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.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Connections
- Parent of
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Participated in
- The Building of the Hashimite City at Kufa· The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding· The Founding of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)· The Building of al-Rafiqa· Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind· The Ifriqiyan Army's Rising against Ibn al-Ash'ath in His Palace· 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· Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim
People and things also explored
Armenia· Muhammad al-Mahdi· Harun al-Rashid· al-Raqqa· The Founding of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)· The Building of al-Rafiqa· Iqta' (land grant)· The Digging of Nahr al-Sila
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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