At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 424 AH Baghdad was in turmoil under the rule of the bandits, who took people's money in broad daylight, killed the police chief's men, and took goods worth 10,000 dinars from one merchant 2.
Al-Barjami
People broke into houses, which they had thought no one could do, out of fear of their chief al-Barjami. He was known never to touch a woman and never to let anyone take anything from one 2.
Worsening trouble
In 426 AH the bandits' harm grew. They took money openly, showed immorality and openly broke the fast in Ramadan, until they effectively controlled Baghdad 3.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 227, 230
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 227
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 230
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islam.museum contributors. “The Thieves' Dominion over Baghdad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/haramiyya-anarchy-424/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.