Abbasid uprising in Khorasan

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The Abbasid uprising in Khorasan was a pivotal 8th-century revolt that mobilized local discontent and military support to overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate and establish Abbasid rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
chronologicalPrecedence Battle of the Zab ⓘ
commander Abu Muslim al-Khurasani ⓘ
linked to: Abu Muslim
endTime 750 ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Abbasid power in Iraq and the central Islamic lands ⓘ
goal to depose the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
to establish Abbasid rule ⓘ
hasCause grievances of non-Arab Muslims (mawali) ⓘ
local discontent with Umayyad rule ⓘ
religious opposition to Umayyad policies ⓘ
support for the Abbasid family ⓘ
tribal tensions in the Umayyad army ⓘ
hasEffect end of Umayyad political dominance in the eastern Islamic world ⓘ
establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
rise of the Abbasid black-banner movement ⓘ
transfer of the caliphal capital from Syria to Iraq ⓘ
hasMainLocation Khorasan ⓘ
Marw ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
eastern Islamic world ⓘ
historicalPeriod 8th century ⓘ
historicalRegion early Islamic Iran ⓘ
influenced formation of the Abbasid Khurasani army ⓘ
shift of Islamic political center to Iraq ⓘ
opposingCommander Nasr ibn Sayyar ⓘ
participant Abbasid family ⓘ
linked to: Banu Hashim

Abu Muslim al-Khurasani ⓘ
linked to: Abu Muslim

Khurasani Arab tribes ⓘ
linked to: Khurasani Arabs

Nasr ibn Sayyar ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
local Iranian populations ⓘ
non-Arab Muslim converts (mawali) ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
politicalContext Umayyad–Abbasid rivalry ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
result collapse of Umayyad authority in the East ⓘ
victory of the Abbasid movement ⓘ
significance mobilized local discontent and military support in Khorasan against the Umayyads ⓘ
pivotal event in the transition from Umayyad to Abbasid rule ⓘ
startTime 747 ⓘ
supported Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah ⓘ
linked to: as-Saffah

Ibrahim al-Imam ⓘ
usedSymbol black banners ⓘ

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Third Fitna → significantEvent → Abbasid uprising in Khorasan ⓘ
Abbasid forces → partOf → Abbasid movement in Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid uprising in Khorasan