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Jahm bin Safwan

Theologian
Jahm bin Safwan was an Islamic theologian who attached himself to Al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan towards the end of the Umayyad period, and who was put to death in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz. Wikipedia
Born: 696 AD, Kufa, Iraq
Died: 745 AD (age 49 years), Merv, Turkmenistan
Full name: Jahm ibn Ṣafwān
Notable ideas: Founder of the Jahmi school · Jabariyah
School: Jahmi