Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Summary
In 502 AH the Batiniyya killed the chief judge of Isfahan, Ubayd Allah ibn Ali al-Khatibi, in Hamadhan. In Isfahan on the Eid al-Fitr they killed the Hanafi mufti Abu al-Ala Sa'id ibn Muhammad al-Bukhari. In the Friday mosque of Amul, on 11 Muharram, they killed the Shafi'i shaykh Abu al-Mahasin Abd al-Wahid ibn Isma'il al-Ruyani while he was giving dictation 1.
Its effect
The harm they did alarmed every amir and scholar, because of how boldly they attacked people 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani· عبيد الله الخطيبي
People and things also explored
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 484
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islam.museum contributors. “Batiniyya assassinations of scholars in 502”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/batiniyya-assassinations-502/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.