the ledger of connections
The Connections of Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
First Abbasid Every person recorded alongside Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abbasi, Rayta bint Obaidullah Al Harithi
- Spouses
- Umm Salamah al-Makhzumiyah
- Children
- Muhammad bin Abu Al-Abbas Al-Saffah, Rayta bint al-Saffah
- Siblings
- Abu Jafar al-Mansur, Ibrahim al-Imam, Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi, Al-Abbàs ibn Muhàmmad
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 722 CE to 754 CE.
Medieval era
Abu Jafar al-Mansur
714 CE – October 7, 775 CE
Second Abbasid Caliph (714-775)
Medieval era
Charlemagne
April 2, 748 CE – January 28, 814 CE
King of the Franks crowned first Holy Roman Emperor, father of Europe
Medieval era
Al-Khwarizmi
c. 750 CE – 846 CE
Mathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms
Medieval era
Li Bai
May 19, 701 CE – November 30, 762 CE
Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
Medieval era
Du Fu
712 CE – 770 CE
Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
Medieval era
Pepin the Short
715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
King of the Franks from 751 to 768
Medieval era
Abd al-Rahman I
731 CE – September 30, 788 CE
Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788
Medieval era
Leo III the Isaurian
675 CE – June 18, 741 CE
Emperor of Byzantine Empire
Medieval era
Irene of Athens
752 CE – August 9, 803 CE
Empress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)
Medieval era
Alcuin
724 CE – May 19, 804 CE
8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
Medieval era
Bede
672 CE – 735 CE
Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)
Medieval era
Saint Boniface
675 CE – June 5, 754 CE
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’