Storming of al-Tusi's Karkh house and his refuge in Najaf, Safar 449/1057

كبس دار الطوسي بالكرخ ولجوؤه إلى النجف، صفر ٤٤٩هـ

c. March 1057 CE · Safar 449 AH

In Safar 449 the Karkh house of Abu Ja'far al-Tusi, the Shi'i's theologian, was stormed: his notebooks, the chair on which he sat to teach, and three white mangonels that Karkh pilgrims used to carry to the Kufa visitation were all taken out and burned in the Karkh market ¹. Al-Tusi took refuge in Najaf and stayed there until his death, teaching a limited circle of disciples including his son Abu Ali al-Hasan, who succeeded him ².

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In Safar 449 al-Tusi's Karkh house was stormed — his books, teaching chair and the pilgrims' mangonels burned in the market — and he took refuge in Najaf, teaching a limited circle including his son Abu Ali al-Hasan for the rest of his life ¹ ².

Restoration of the Sunni Adhan in Karkh and Restrictions on the Shi'a

After Tughril Beg's takeover, the Sunni adhan 'al-salatu khayrun min al-nawm' was imposed on the shrines of the Quraysh cemetery, the 'Atiqa mashhad and the mosques of Karkh, 'hayya ila khayr al-amal' was stripped, the door-inscriptions torn down, and Sunni chanters entered from Bab al-Basra praising the Companions; the Bazzazin shaykh Ibn al-Jallab was executed and crucified over his shop, and the Shi'i theologian Abu Ja'far al-Tusi fled — his house stormed in Safar 449, his books, teaching chair and the pilgrims' three white mangonels burned in Karkh.

Storming of al-Tusi's Karkh house and his refuge in Najaf, Safar 449/1057

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