Qarmatians

Qarmatians
قرامطة
899–1077
Qarmatians under Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
Qarmatians under Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
Capitalal-Hasa
Religion
Isma'ilism
Demonym(s)Qarmatian
GovernmentTheocracy
Ruler 
• 894–914
Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi
• 914–944
Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
• 944–970
Ahmad Abu Tahir
• 968–977
Al-Hasan al-A'sam
• 970–972
Abul Kassim Sa'id
• 972–977
Abu Yaqub Yousuf
Historical eraIslamic Golden Age
(4th Islamic century)
765
899
930
• al-Isfahani proclaimed to be the Mahdi
931
• Black Stone returned
952
• Defeated by the Abbasids
976
1077
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Uyunid Emirate
Qarmatians
قرامطة
FounderAbu Sa'id al-Jannabi
Dates of operation899–1077
Active regionsBahrayn, Mesopotamia, Najd, Hejaz, Levant, Egypt
IdeologyIsma'ilism
Extremism
Socialism[1]
Islamic Socialism[1]
Utopian Socialism[1]
Terrorism[2][3][4]
OpponentsAbbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate
Uyunid Emirate
Seljuk Empire
Battles and warsCapture of Bahrayn (899)
Battle of Hama (903)
Sack of Basra (923)
Hajj caravan raid (924)
Invasion of Iraq (928)
Sack of Mecca (930)
Invasions of Egypt (971)
Overthrowing of the Qarmatians (1058–1077)

The Qarmatians (Arabic: قرامطة, romanizedQarāmiṭa; Persian: قرمطیان, romanizedQarmatiyān)[a] were a militant[6][7] Isma'ili Shia movement centred in al-Hasa in Eastern Arabia, where they established a religious—and, as some scholars have claimed, proto-socialist or utopian socialist[8][9][10]—state in 899 CE. Its members were part of a movement that adhered to a syncretic branch of Sevener Ismaili Shia Islam,[5] and were ruled by a dynasty founded by Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, a Persian from Jannaba in coastal Fars.[11][12] They rejected the claim of Fatimid Caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah to imamate and clung to their belief in the coming of the Mahdi, and they revolted against the Fatimid and Abbasid Caliphates.[13][5]

Mecca was sacked by a Qarmatian leader, Abu Tahir al-Jannabi,[14] outraging the Muslim world, particularly with their theft of the Black Stone and desecration of the Zamzam Well with corpses during the Hajj season of 930 CE.[15]

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  4. ^ Rahman, Fazlur (2020). Islam. University of Chicago Press. p. 176. ISBN 9780226773377.
  5. ^ a b c "Qarmatian | Meaning, Attack, Beliefs, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Mumayiz, Ibrahim A. (2006). Arabesques: Selections of Biography and Poetry from Classical Arabic Literature. Coronet Books Incorporated. p. 39. ISBN 978-90-441-1888-9.
  7. ^ Jr, Everett Jenkins (11 November 2010). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7864-4713-8.
  8. ^ Clark, Malcolm (9 August 2019). Islam For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-64304-3.
  9. ^ Thompson, Andrew David (31 October 2019). Christianity in Oman: Ibadism, Religious Freedom, and the Church. Springer Nature. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-030-30398-3.
  10. ^ Corm, Georges (2020). Arab Political Thought: Past and Present. Oxford University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-84904-816-3.
  11. ^ Carra de Vaux & Hodgson 1965, p. 452.
  12. ^ Madelung 1983.
  13. ^ de Blois, François (1986). "THE 'ABU SAʿIDIS OR SO-CALLED "QARMATIANS" OF BAHRAYN". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. 16: 13–21. ISSN 0308-8421. JSTOR 41223231.
  14. ^ Mecca's History, from Encyclopædia Britannica.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Glasse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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