مساور

مساور

A rebel; Musa ibn Bugha and Bayakbak's expedition against him at al-Sin became the occasion for al-Muhtadi's letter to surface — and his killing 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview

Musawwar, a rebel against Abbasid authority. Al-Suyuti says that Musa ibn Bugha and Bakbak set out for al-Sinn in search of him. 2

The effect of his rising

Their rising was the cause of the exposure of the affair of al-Muhtadi's letter and of his killing. 2

A second source is needed: the data do not say whether he is Musawwar al-Shari'i or someone else.

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 563
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.563
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islam.museum contributors. “مساور”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/musawwar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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