سيماء الساجي
سيماء الساجي
Chief of the Sajiyya regiment of Baghdad; warned that al-Qahir meant to kill him, he armed the Sajiyya and swore them with the Hujariyya to one word — they stormed the palace, seized the caliph and blinded him in 322 1.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Sima al-Sajji, leader of the Sajiyya and their commander in Baghdad. Ibn al-Athir reports that al-Qahir billah feared him, and it was reported to him that Sima intended to kill him. So he gave the Sajiyya weapons and wrote to the Harjiyya. They pledged to one another to unite their word and to kill anyone who opposed them 2.
The deposition of al-Qahir
The Sajiyya and the Harjiyya gathered with him on Wednesday, the ninth of Jumada al-Ula in the year 322 AH. They advanced on the palace, seized al-Qahir and blinded him 2.
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 209-210
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.209-210
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