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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Summary
In 293 AH the Qaramita entered Kufa as people were leaving the Eid al-Adha prayer, with eight hundred horsemen. They shouted "O avengers of al-Husayn!", meaning al-Husayn ibn Zakarawayh, who had been crucified on the bridge, and their slogan was "O Ahmad, O Muhammad", meaning those killed with him. They displayed white banners. They killed those they caught and plundered, and the people hurried into the city and entered it.
About five hundred more of the Qaramita entered after them. The common people pelted them with stones and threw cloth over them until they went out, having lost about twenty men. The episode suggests that hostility toward the Qaramita was not universal among the common people of Kufa, despite the terror they had caused.
Source: Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Muntazam, vol. 6, year 293, p. 349.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Kufa
- Had participant
- al-Husayn ibn Zikrawayh 'Sahib al-Shama'
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Kufa· Ali burns people in Kufa who claimed he was God· Ali burns the village of Zarara where wine was sold· ʿAli's dispatch of his own governors to the garrison towns (36 AH)· Ali enters Kufa in 36 AH· Ali's judgment on a slap over a debased dirham in Kufa· Ali's rounds in the market of Kufa· Ali moves the capital to Kufa
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 349
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qarmatian entry into Kufa on the Eid al-Adha, 293”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/kufa-eid-raid-293/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.