Depth
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
The author of "Tarikh al-Khulafa" says that the activity of the Batiniyya increased in Iraq in 494 AH, and they killed people. The danger grew so great that the amirs wore armour under their clothes. 1
Some of those killed
They killed many people, among them al-Ruwayani, author of "al-Bahr" and shaykh of the Shafi'is, whom the Batiniyya killed in Baghdad. 1
The perpetrators are described here in the source's own terms. The data does not include the account of the Batiniyya themselves. It needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Ruwayani, author of al-Bahr, shaykh of the Shafi'is
People and things also explored
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 658,660
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Batiniyya turmoil in Iraq and the killing of al-Ruwayani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/batiniyya-terror-iraq-494/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.