Sulaymanid sharifate of Mecca
الدولة السليمانية بمكة
The Sulaymanid state of the Hasanids at Mecca and later Yemen; when Quraysh's folk died out of Mecca in the second-century fitnas the ra'asa arose for the Banu Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Hasan al-Muthanna — their chief Muhammad ibn Sulayman 'al-Zaydi' (after his Imami creed), the amir whom Abu Tahir al-Qarmati met on the Day of Tarwiya and slaughtered the pilgrims in 317 — their emirate lasted through the Alid-Qarmatian wars until it faded.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Sulaymanid state in Mecca, the state of the Sulaymanids of the Banu al-Hasan, in Mecca and then in Yemen. Leadership arose among the Banu Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Hasan al-Muthanna. 1
Its beginnings
Ibn Khaldun reports that the people of Mecca from Quraysh died out after the second century AH because of the strife in the Hijaz, and so leadership passed to the Banu Sulayman. 1
Their leader Muhammad ibn Sulayman
Continuation
Their emirate continued in Mecca amid the strife of the Alawids and the Qaramita, and then their affair died out. The data give no date for its beginning or its end, and a second source is needed. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.962-963
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islam.museum contributors. “Sulaymanid sharifate of Mecca”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/sulaymanid-mecca/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.