Abu Muslim returns to the Marw district
Al-Tabari's variant accounts place Abu Muslim's return to the Marw district in Shaʿban or Ramadan 129 AH; both months fall entirely within Julian 747.
What this does and does not establish
Line 3451 gives Ramadan 1; Abu al-Khattab's version at 3453 gives Shaʿban 9 and lodging at Finin; line 3477 gives arrival at Finin with seven nights remaining of Ramadan. The variants establish the year without establishing one arrival date.
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- Region
- Central Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 129 AH: Ramadan 1 in this account; Shaʿban 9 or late Ramadan in variants
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read the Arabic AH 129 heading at tabari7.wikitext:3397, neighboring headings at 3227 and 3575, and return narratives at 3447–3455 and 3473–3477. hijri-bounds-701.txt:597–598 gives Shaʿban as Julian 747-04-17 through 747-05-15, buffered 747-04-14 through 747-05-18, and Ramadan as 747-05-16 through 747-06-14, buffered 747-05-13 through 747-06-17. Every variant remains within 747. Original quotation begins at line 3451, character 486153.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Al-Tabari, History of Prophets and Kings, book 7 (Arabic Wikisource division)
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Quoted text (Arabic)
فقدم أبو مسلم مرو في أول يوم من شهر رمضان سنة تسع وعشرين ومائةAI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
Abu Muslim arrived at Marw on the first day of the month of Ramadan of the year one hundred and twenty-nine.
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