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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Person · 722 CE – 754 CE

As-Saffah

Also known as

Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
Abu l-Abbas al-Saffah
Abu l-Abbas as-Saffah
Abu-Abbas Al-Saffah
Abu-l-Abbàs Abd-Al·lah ibn Muhàmmad as-Saffah
Abuu cabaas alsafaax

archival plate · As-Saffah · placeholder

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Connected to

foundedAbbasid Caliphate750 CE
religionIslam631 CE
sibling · sibling ofAl-Abbàs ibn Muhàmmad739 CE

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As-Saffah · Alexandria