محمد بن بشر
محمد بن بشر
A Baghdad claimant to divinity (rububiyya), seized with a band of followers in Sha'ban 298 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Muhammad ibn Bishr, a man of Baghdad. Ibn al-Athir says that he claimed divinity, and that the authorities seized him together with a group of his companions in Sha'ban 298 AH. 1
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Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 48
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islam.museum contributors. “محمد بن بشر”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-bishr-al-mutarabbib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.