At a glance
- Roles
- Agent
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Bukayr ibn Mahan, one of the propagandists of the Abbasid call. He organised it in Iraq together with Maysara al-Abdi and Abu Salama al-Khallal. Taqqush considers him the most important of the propagandists of Iraq. Abu Salama led the call in the last five years before the Abbasids took power. 2
People and things also explored
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala· Ahl al-Ahwa (the people of deviant opinions in Islam, and the rules on their testimony, narration and prayer behind them)· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)· Suhba (companionship with the Prophet: who is a Companion, how companionship is proved, the uprightness of all Companions, and the ruling on insulting them)· Ghayba (occultation)· Hadr (blood and value wasted: no retaliation, no compensation)
Sources
- Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009) , p. 22
- Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009) , p.22
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “بكير بن ماهان”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bukayr-ibn-mahan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.