Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdallah
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abd Allahمحمد بن علي بن عبد الله | |
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| Born | c. 671 |
| Died | August/September 743 |
| Known for | Ancestor of Abbasid dynasty |
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| Parent | ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh (father) |
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Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās or Muḥammad al-Imām (679/80–743) was the father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs, Al-Saffah and Al-Mansur, and as such was the progenitor of the Abbasid dynasty.
He was the son of Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas and great-grandson of al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the uncle of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.