At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Sides
The rebels
The authorities of Muhammad al-Qahir bi-llah
Overview
Towards the end of 322/933 al-Mutanabbi led a rising that began at Latakia and spread to the western borders of the Samawa, where the Banu Kalb were ever ready to rebel; without adhering to Karmatism he exploited its principles among the marauding Bedouins. After initial successes he and his Bedouins were defeated; he was captured and imprisoned at Hims, tried, held two years, made to retract his errors and set free — gaining from the adventure only the laqab 'al-Mutanabbi' (he who professes to be a prophet) and the conviction that poetry would realise his ambitions 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Mutanabbi
- Occurred at
- Hims (Emesa)
- During the reign of
- Muhammad al-Qahir bi-llah
People and things also explored
the Khalid shrine outside Homs· Al-Radi prefers al-Suli's chess to a garden's flowers· Battle of Baghdad (932)· Battle of Hims (1832)· Battle of Homs in 659 AH· Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar· The Conquest of Hims· The execution of al-Shalmaghani and Ibn Abi Awn
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 769-770
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Mutanabbi's rising and his imprisonment at Hims, 322/933”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mutanabbi-revolt-hims-322/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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