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    al-Jannabi (ruled 923–944), the Qarmaṭians came close to capturing Baghdad in 927, and sacked Mecca in 930, The Qarmatians also sacked Medina. In their attack...
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  • The First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt took place in 971, when the Qarmatians of Bahrayn unsuccessfully invaded Egypt, which had recently been conquered...
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  • The Second Qarmatian invasion of Egypt occurred in 974, when Qarmatians of Bahrayn unsuccessfully invaded Egypt, the seat (since 973) of the Fatimid Caliphate...
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  • The Overthrow of the Qarmatians was an armed uprising by the Seljuk and Abbasid supported Uyunids against the ruling Qarmatian state. A local chief known...
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  • The Qarmatian invasion of Iraq was a large-scale raid by the Qarmatians of Bahrayn against the Abbasid Caliphate's metropolitan region of Iraq, that began...
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    Sack of Mecca (category Battles involving the Qarmatians)
    January 930, when the Qarmatians of Bahrayn sacked the Muslim holy city amidst the rituals of the Hajj pilgrimage. The Qarmatians, a radical Isma'ili sect...
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  • The Qarmatian-Hudhayl conflicts were a series of two military confrontations between the Banu Hudhayl tribe and the armies of the Qarmatians of Bahrain...
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  • Abu Tahir al-Jannabi (category Qarmatians)
    Before Abu Tahrir's rule, the Qarmatians had launched several raids along the pilgrim routes crossing Arabia. In 906, Qarmatians ambushed the pilgrim caravan...
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  • seven-year war of attrition and a siege of the Qarmatian capital at Qatif. The final overthrow of the Qarmatians started with the revolt of Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam...
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    imam. According to some early Isma'ilis, the Seveners, as well as the Qarmatians, a splinter group, the number of imams was fixed, with seven Imams preordained...
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  • The emirate was established after the Uyunids took control from the Qarmatians. Under Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abu'l-Hussin b. Abu Sinan, the territory of...
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  • Sack of Basra (923) (category Battles involving the Qarmatians)
    Abbasid city of Basra by the Qarmatians of Bahrayn, and took place in August 923. It was the first of a series of Qarmatian attacks, that culminated in...
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    of the Caliphate itself were menaced by the Qarmatians, a radical Isma'ili Shi'ite sect. The Qarmatians denounced mainstream Sunni Islam for practices...
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  • 924 Hajj caravan raid (category Battles involving the Qarmatians)
    March 924, the Qarmatians of Bahrayn attacked and looted a caravan of Hajj pilgrims making their way back from Mecca to Iraq. The Qarmatians overcame the...
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    10th century, the Isma'ili-Shi'ite Qarmatians were the most powerful force in the Persian Gulf. In 930, the Qarmatians pillaged Mecca, outraging the Muslim...
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    Ziyadids 819–1138 Yufirids 847–997 Ukhaidhirds 865–1066 Rassids 897–1962 Qarmatians 899–1077 Wajihids 926–965 Sharifate of Mecca 968–1925 Sulayhids 1047–1138...
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  • Beit Qarmat (Arabic: قرمط بيت قرمط, lit. English: Qarmouti's House of Qarmatians) is a 2019 Egyptian comedy film, starring Ahmed Adam, Mai Selim, Dina...
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    held, notably by the Qarmatians and other extremist (ghulat) groups; as Daftary points out, these doctrines and acts like the Qarmatian sack of Mecca in 930...
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  • Kalb to betray the Qarmatians and kill Nasr, thereby avoiding punitive action by the authorities. "The final retreat of the [Qarmatians]" from Syria after...
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  • population. Idrisids (788–985 CE): a Zaydi dynasty in what is now Morocco. Qarmatians (899–1077 CE): an Ismaili Iranian dynasty. Their headquarters were in...
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  • the Qarmatians agreed to the mosque being built, in exchange for his donation, acknowledging that the majority on the island were not Qarmatians. After...
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    Modern Arab World The Qarmatians were defeated in battle in 976 by the Abbasids, which precipitated the decline of the Qarmatian state. Around 1058, a...
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  • Akhu Muslim (category Qarmatians)
    ibn Tughj and joined the Qarmatians, fighting with them against the Fatimids until 974. After the defeat of the second Qarmatian invasion of Egypt in that...
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    mingled Persian nationalism and Zoroastrianism surfaced known as the Qarmatians. With their headquarters in Bahrain, they accepted a young Persian former...
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    replaced by the Qarmatians who were adherents of Shia Islam. Due to their inability to control the vast amount of land they occupied, the Qarmatians withdrew...
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  • invasion of Syria by the Qarmatians, an Isma'ili sect based in Bahrayn (Eastern Arabia). Frequently allied with the Bedouin, the Qarmatians raided the caravans...
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  • Damascus and became its ruler, and the Qarmatians, who allied with Alptakin. In the first half of 976, the Qarmatians occupied Palestine, while the Fatimids...
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    15th-century Sunni scholar from Egypt describes them as being "remnants of the Qarmatians." Historian Juan Cole concludes from this that they were Isma'ilis. However...
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    Dayaram Gidumal writes that a Balochi legend is backed up by the medieval Qarmatians. The fact that the Kalmatis were ethnic Baluchis is also confirmed by...
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    control of North Africa in the 10th century and another Isma'ili group, the Qarmatians, sacked Mecca and stole the Black Stone, a rock placed within the Kaaba...
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