دخول أبي طاهر الجنابي البصرة سنة 311
دخول أبي طاهر الجنابي البصرة سنة 311
c. August 923 CE · 26 Rabi' II 311 AH
In Rabi II 311 Abu Tahir al-Jannabi entered Basra before dawn with seventeen hundred men, raised ladders on the wall by night, opened the gates and wedged gravel between their leaves, put the city to the sword, burned the Mirbad and demolished the congregational mosque and Talha's tomb-mosque, staying seventeen days while his camels carried off goods, women and children 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
The news came in Rabi al-Akhir 311 AH that Abu Tahir al-Janabi al-Qarmati had entered Basra before dawn with one thousand seven hundred men. He remained there for seventeen days, loading onto his camels as much as he could. 1
The entry
Ibn al-Jawzi says that the entry was before dawn on Monday, five days before the end of Rabi al-Akhir. Abu Tahir set ladders against the wall at night and climbed, then went down into the town, killed the gatekeepers and opened the gates. He placed gravel and sand between the leaves of each gate so that they could not be closed. 1
What happened afterwards
He put the people of Basra to the sword, burned the Mirbad, and demolished the mosque and the mosque of the tomb of Talha. People fled and threw themselves into the water, and most of them drowned. Abu Tahir loaded the goods, the women and the children on his camels. 1
Note
This report comes from a single source and needs an additional source. No other sources or academic view have yet been added.
Connections
- Had participant
- أبو طاهر سليمان القرمطي
- Occurred at
- Basra
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Basra· Qasr Qubadh / the Hajjaj palace at Basra· دخول أبي طاهر القرمطي الكوفة· The Asawira's Settlement at Basra· The Basra Bathhouse Permissions· The Basrans' Cry to Abdallah ibn Ali· أخذ القرامطة الحجر الأسود· Building of al-Mughitha
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p. 466
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