Execution of Kharijites arriving from Mosul

إعدام الخوارج القادمين من الموصل

c. 893 CE · 280 AH

In 280 AH Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj sent thirty-two Kharijites down the Mosul road; twenty-five were beheaded and gibbeted, the rest imprisoned 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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In 280 Yusuf b. Abi'l-Saj sent thirty-two Kharijites down the Mosul road; twenty-five had their necks struck and were gibbeted, and the rest imprisoned 1.

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  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 142
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