Template:Did you know nominations/Ibrahim al-Imam
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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Ibrahim al-Imam
- ... that Ibrahim al-Imam secretly orchestrated the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad Caliphate, but was captured and died in prison shortly before the Abbasid armies defeated the Umayyads? Source: Summary of the article; cf. Omar 1971: "Upon Ibrahim's orders, the rising was launched publicly on 15 Ramadan 129/30 May 747. ...It was at that very moment when the Abbasid cause was prospering and advancing westwards that Ibrahim was arrested in al-Humayma...He was imprisoned in Harran, where he died in Muharram 132/August 749"
Created by Cplakidas (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 142 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Constantine ✍ 18:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC).
