The massacre of the Batinis at Wasit (601 AH)

In Ramadan 601 AH the people of Wasit killed a group of the Batiniyya, after a carpenter killed a man known as Hasan al-Sabuni following a dispute over their doctrine. This is what Ibn al-Athir relates. ¹

There came to Wasit a man known as al-Rakim, Muhammad ibn Talib ibn Asiya, originally from al-Qarub, who was a Batini. He settled beside the houses of the Banu al-Harawi, and people came to him and his followers grew. ¹

A carpenter disputed their doctrine with Hasan al-Sabuni, who answered him harshly, so the carpenter rose and killed him. The people heard of it and rose up, killed whomever they found who ascribed to the doctrine, and went to the house of Ibn Asiya, where his companions had fortified themselves. They climbed up to them from the rooftops and broke the doors, killed whomever they found and burned the house, and Ibn Asiya was killed. ¹

Fakhr al-Din Abu al-Badr ibn Amsina al-Wasiti came down from Baghdad to restore order and calm the strife. ¹

There is another entry in the museum for the same event, dated approximately to 600 AH, based on page 293: the killing of the Batiniyya at Wasit. They may be one report. A second source is needed.