The Killing of the Batiniyya in Wasit

Ibn al-Athir relates that in Ramadan the people of Wasit killed a group of those who ascribed to the doctrine of the Batiniyya, after a man known as Hasan al-Sabuni had been killed. The page notes that the year of the report is approximate. ¹

There came to Wasit a man known as al-Rakim, Muhammad ibn Talib ibn Asiya, originally from al-Qarub; he was a Batini according to the report. He settled near the houses of the Banu al-Harawi, and many came to him and his followers. ¹

Hasan al-Sabuni passed by al-Suwayqa, and a carpenter disputed with him over their doctrine, and he answered him harshly, so the carpenter rose and killed him. The people heard of it and rose, and killed whomever they found who ascribed to the doctrine. ¹

The people went to the house of Ibn Asiya, where his followers had gathered and closed the door. The people climbed up to them from the neighbouring houses, killed whomever they found in the house and burned it, and Ibn Asiya was killed. Then the news reached Baghdad, and Fakhr al-Din Abu al-Badr ibn Amsina al-Wasiti came down to restore order and calm the strife. ¹

The compiler wrote the year 600 AH approximately, because the heading of the page of the survey is damaged, and the report follows the events of the years 600 and 601. The museum has another entry for the same event dated 601 AH, based on page 297 of the book, namely the killing of the Batiniyya at Wasit in 601. They may be one report. A second source is needed.