The murder of Abu Muslim al-Khurasani

مقتل أبي مسلم الخراساني

137 AH

In 137 AH Abu Muslim al-Khurasani was killed ¹. Al-Tabari's table of contents also lists the rising of Abd Allah ibn Ali and his defeat before that ². According to al-Suyuti, al-Mansur became caliph at the start of 137, and the first thing he did was to kill Abu Muslim al-Khurasani, the man of their da'wa and the one who prepared their kingdom ³. According to al-Mas'udi, al-Mansur dispatched Jarir al-Bajali to him, and he came with him despite the warning of Malik ibn al-Haytham, who had found in earlier books that he would be killed at Rum, would end one dynasty and raise another. He entered al-Mansur's tent at Rumiyya of al-Mada'in on the Tigris, after al-Mansur had instructed Uthman ibn Nahik, the commander of his guard, with a band including Shabib ibn Rawh al-Marwarudhi and Abu Hanifa Harb ibn Qays, to stand behind his couch ⁴.