| Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | |
| Disappeared Date: | 834 CE |
| Disappeared Place: | Baghdad |
| Disappeared Status: | never apprehended, now deceased |
| Nationality: | Arab |
| Known: | leading an Alid rebellion that took place in Talaqan |
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, also known as Sahib al-Talaqan, was a Alid who led an unsuccessful Zaydi revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in Talaqan, in what is now northeastern Afghanistan.
His full name is Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Ashraf ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.
Ibn al-Qasim led an Alid rebellion in Talaqan[1] [2] in the year 219 AH (834 CE), during the days of the Abbasid Caliphate of Al-Mu'tasim.[3] However, Al-Mu'tasim defeated and arrested him and carried him to Baghdad, detaining him in his palace.
Shortly after, Muhammad was able to escape, and was never heard of again.[4] Some people believed that Ibn al-Qasim died, or fled, while some of the Shiites believed he was alive and would reappear and that he was the Mahdi.