أبو مسلم الخراساني
Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī
Person
The leader of the movement in Khorasan that brought the Abbasids to power.
What it means
He raised the revolt against the Umayyads in Khorasan in 747. The Abbasid caliph al-Mansur had him executed in 755, suspecting his influence.