At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Summary
In 360 AH Ja'far ibn Falah al-Kutami, the Ubaydid governor of Syria, was killed by al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Qarmati, known as al-A'sam 1.
The battle at the river Yazid
Ja'far camped on the mound above the river Yazid, outside Damascus. Al-A'sam came against him. Ja'far went out to meet him while he was ill, and the Qarmati captured and killed him, and killed many of his companions. This was on Thursday, 6 Dhu al-Qa'da 1.
The first Fatimid governor
Ja'far was the first governor the Ubaydids appointed over Damascus. He took Ramla in Dhu al-Hijja 358 AH and then Damascus in Muharram 359 AH, after fighting its people 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami· al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Qarmati al-A'sam
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 29
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The killing of Ja'far ibn Fallah at the hands of the Qarmatian al-A'sam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/killing-of-jafar-ibn-falah-360/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.