Al-Mansur al-'Abbasi: Difference between revisions

When Al-Mansur came to power, his uncle 'Abd Allah tried to usurp the power and caliphate as well. As he made huge efforts in stabilizing the bases of Abbasid caliphate, he expected to become the caliph after [[al-Saffah]]. He was ordered by al-Saffah to prepare a dominant army and attack [[Syria]] (Sham), but when he was informed of the demise of al-Saffah, he immediately forced his close friends and army commanders to testify that al-Saffah has appointed him as the Crown Prince. Then people of Syria took [[Bay'a|oath of allegiance]] to him. Al-Mansur acknowledged potential danger of 'Abd Allah, then he sent [[Abu Muslim]] to fight against him; although he held grudges against Abu Muslim as well. Therefore, he would get rid of one of them at least. Abu Muslim applied his political and military talent and defeated 'Abd Allah. He fled to [[Basra]] and finally was killed in prison by Al-Mansur.

{{main|Uprising of Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hasan}}

The uprising of Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Hasan, known as [[Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]] was the first rise of [[Alavi]]s against [[Banu al-Abbas]]. When Banu al-Abbas broke their oath in handing power over to Al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (a descendant of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] who introduced himself as the promised [[Mahdi]] and people took oath of allegiance to him), he launched an uprising in [[Medina]] against Al-Mansur, the Abbasid caliph. He was finally killed along with his supporters.