إسماعيل السفاك الأخيضري

إسماعيل السفاك الأخيضري

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Ismail ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Jawn the Alid, called al-Saffak ('the shedder of blood'); he rose among the Hijaz Arabs in 251, drove Mecca's governor Ja'far out, plundered the caliphal households, killed troops and townsfolk, took the gold, silver and the Ka'ba's kiswa and looted for fifty days — then besieged Medina until its people starved and none prayed in the Prophet's mosque, sacked Jeddah's merchants, and had himself named in the khutba at Mecca; after twenty-two years haunting the Hijaz he died heirless and his brother Muhammad al-Ukhaydhir founded the Yamama kingship.