Overthrow of the Qarmatians

Overthrow of the Qarmatians
Date1058-1077
Location
Result

Sunni Coalition Victory[1][2][3][4]

  • Expulsion of the Qarmatians to Iraq and Egypt
  • Qarmatians later exiled to Multan
Belligerents
Qarmatians Uyunid Emirate
Seljuk dynasty
Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam's forces (1058-1067)
Supported by:

Abbasid Empire
Ghaznavid Empire
Al-Ayash Emirate
Commanders and leaders
Abu Abdullah ibn Sanbar
Yahya bin Abbas
Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni
Tughril
Alp Arslan
Malik-Shah I
Mahmud Ghaznavi
Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam 
Yahya bin Al-Ayash 
Zakariya bin Yahya 
Strength
30,000 or less Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy Entire force decimated

The Overthrow of the Qarmatians was an armed uprising by the Seljuk and Abbasid supported Uyunids against the ruling Qarmatian state. A local chief known as Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni aligned himself with the Abbasids and the Seljuk Empire,[5] and started an uprising with their support. Due to support from more powerful foreign powers, the Uyunids successfully revolted and liberated Eastern Arabia,[6] which significantly shifted the power dynamic in the region.

  1. ^ فضاءات - صحيفة الوسط البحرينية - مملكة البحرين. alwasatnews.com (in Arabic). 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ Farhad Daftary, The Ismāı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press 1990, p221
  3. ^ Yitzhak Nakash, Reaching for Power:The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World, (Princeton University Press, 2006), 22.}}
  4. ^ C.E. Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties, (Columbia University Press, 1996), 94-95
  5. ^ Bosworth, C. E. (2014-03-11). New Islamic Dynasties. Edinburgh University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7486-9648-2.
  6. ^ Larsen, Curtis E. (1983). Life and Land Use on the Bahrain Islands: The Geoarchaeology of an Ancient Society. University of Chicago Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-226-46905-8.

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