يوسف بن أبي الساج
يوسف بن أبي الساج
Abbasid commander sent from Wasit against Abu Tahir the Qarmatian; reaching Kufa a day after him he scorned their fewness, had the victory despatch drafted before battle, and was defeated and captured at sunset on Saturday of Shawwal 315 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Overview
Yusuf ibn Abi al-Saj, an Abbasid commander. al-Muqtadir sent him from Wasit to Kufa at the end of Ramadan of the year 315 AH to meet Abu Tahir al-Qarmati. He called the Qaramita to obedience, and they said: "There is no obedience but to God." When he saw how few they were, he disdained them, and ordered the letter announcing the victory to be written before the encounter 2.
The battle
They fought from the first part of Saturday until sunset. Then Abu Tahir himself took up the fight, and the companions of Yusuf were defeated, and he was taken captive at the time of sunset 2.
Ibn al-Jawzi reports that in the year 271 AH, when he was governor of Mecca, he attacked a slave-boy of the Ta'i called Badr, who was taken captive and conveyed to Baghdad 3.
Connections
- Participated in
- هزيمة يوسف بن أبي الساج وأخذ الأنبار
People and things also explored
أبو طاهر سليمان القرمطي· هزيمة يوسف بن أبي الساج وأخذ الأنبار
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 125-126
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.125-126
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p.102
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islam.museum contributors. “يوسف بن أبي الساج”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yusuf-ibn-abi-al-saj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.