'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya ibn Ja'far

عبد الله بن معاوية بن عبد الله بن جعفر

The Ja'farid Talibi who held Istakhr and Fars in the last Umayyad fitna, then fled to Khurasan where Abu Muslim seized him — a sect claiming his imamate 1.

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Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abd Allah ibn Ja'far, an Alid. Al-Mas'udi says that he gained control of Istakhr and other parts of the land of Fars in the strife at the end of the Umayyad state, then went to Khurasan, where Abu Muslim seized him. Al-Mas'udi says that some people held that he was the imam and followed his call. 2

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 229
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.229
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