Abû Tâhir Sulaymân

Abū Tâhir Sulayman or Abū Tāhir Al-Jannābī (Arabic: ابوطاهر سلیمان الجنابی) was born about 906 and died in 944 is the leader of the Qarmates of the Bahrain and Al-Hassa region. His reign is characterized by an aggressive military policy whose most striking fact is the bag of Mecca and the capture of his Black Stone in 930. In 923 he succeeded his uncle, who had become regent after the assassination of his father Abu Said Janabi in 913. He had founded a Qarmate state in violent theological and military opposition to the Abbasids. Abu Tahir leads a more warlike and more autocratic reign than that of his father, who relied on a council to govern. The Qarmatians are Ismailis, among other divergences with the Sunnis, they consider that the pilgrimage to the Kaaba is a pagan abomination, which gives them the right to plunder the caravans of pilgrims. This policy greatly enriches it. He approaches the time of the Fatimids, not only for religious reasons, but also to take the Abbasids in pincers. In 924, he launched a raid against the great city of Basra, pillaged it, set fire to his mosque, and took part of the inhabitants into slavery. In 930, he plundered from Mecca at the time of the Hajj: he carried out a number of acts to desecrate the city: they threw corpses into the wells, broke the Kaaba and seized the black stone brings back to his capital Al-Hassa.

At the height of his power, in an episode still confused for historians, Abu Tahir recognizes the madhi in the person of a young unknown Persian. After an eventful period, this one is executed and Abu Tahir takes over the reins. The episode destabilizes believers and a number flee but Abu Tahir retains power. In 939, he agrees to stop his attacks against the pilgrims in exchange for an Abbasid tribute. Change the code

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