the ledger of connections
The Connections of Abu Jafar al-Mansur
Second Abbasid Caliph (714-775) Every person recorded alongside Abu Jafar al-Mansur in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Abu Jafar al-Mansur in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abbasi, Sallamah Umm Abdallah
- Spouses
- Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari, Fatimah bint Muhammad al-Taymi, Hammadah bint 'Isa
- Children
- Al-Mahdi, Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far, Aliyah bint al-Mansur, Salih al-Miskin, Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Mansur, Ja'far al-Ashgar
- Siblings
- Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah, Ibrahim al-Imam, Al-Abbàs ibn Muhàmmad, Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 714 CE to 775 CE.
Medieval era
Al-Walid I
668 CE – February 23, 715 CE
Umayyad caliph
Medieval era
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
November 2, 681 CE – February 5, 720 CE
Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720
Medieval era
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
722 CE – 754 CE
First Abbasid
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
Tariq ibn Ziyad
670 CE – 720 CE
8th-century Muslim general
Medieval era
Harun al-Rashid
March 7, 766 CE – March 24, 809 CE
5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
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
Al-Jahiz
775 CE – 868 CE
Arabic writer (776–869)
Medieval era
Egbert of Wessex
771 CE – 839 CE
King of Wessex
Medieval era
Pepin the Short
715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
King of the Franks from 751 to 768