Isa ibn Musa
Isa ibn Musa | |
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| Abbasid governor of Kufa | |
| In office 750–764 | |
| Monarchs | al-Saffah, al-Mansur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 721/2 |
| Died | 784 |
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| Parent | |
| Relatives | Ibrahim al-Imam (uncle) al-Mansur (uncle) al-Saffah (uncle) Ja'far (cousin) al-Mahdi (cousin) Raitah (cousin) |
ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿal-ʿAbbās (Arabic: عيسى بن موسى بن محمد بن علي بن عبد الله بن العباس; c. 721–783/4) was a nephew of the first two Abbasid caliphs, al-Saffah (r. 750–754) and al-Mansur (r. 754–775). He served as governor of Kufa in Iraq for fifteen years and led the suppression of the Alid revolt of 762–763. From 754 on he was also heir-apparent of the Caliphate, until he was pressured to cede precedence to al-Mansur's son al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) in 764. With al-Mahdi's accession in 775, he was forced to renounce his rights entirely in 776 in favour of al-Hadi (r. 785–786), and retire to his palace at al-Ukhaidir Fortress, where he died in 784.