Abū Saʿīd al-Jannābī

Bahrainian leader

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Abū Saʿīd al-Jannābī was a leader of the Qarmatians, an Ismāʿīlī Shīʿī movement that flourished in Bahrain and other regions from the 9th to 11th centuries. The Qarmatians rejected the claim of the Fāṭimid caliph to the imamate and were known for their insurrections. Abū Saʿīd al-Jannābī and his son led raids into Iraq and famously sacked Mecca in 930, even carrying off the Black Stone of the Kaaba. The Qarmatians were eventually overthrown, but their influence persisted in Bahrain.12

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…exploits of two Bahraini leaders, Abū Saʿīd al-Jannābī and his son and successor, Abū Ṭāhir Sulaymān, who invaded Iraq several times and in 930 sacked Mecca and carried off the Black Stone of the Kaaba.
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…exploits of two Bahraini leaders, Abū Saʿīd al-Jannābī and his son and successor, Abū Ṭāhir Sulaymān, who invaded Iraq several times and in 930 sacked Mecca and carried off the Black Stone of the Kaaba.
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