924 Hajj caravan raid
| 924 Hajj caravan raid | |||||||
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| Part of the wars between the Qarmatians and the Abbasid Caliphate | |||||||
Arabic map of the Middle East in 920 (4 years before the raid), including the Qarmatians | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Qarmatians of Bahrayn | Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Abu Tahir al-Jannabi | Abu'l-Hayja al-Hamdani (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,800 | Unknown | ||||||
In March 924, the Qarmatians of Bahrayn attacked and looted a caravan of Hajj pilgrims making their way back from Mecca to Iraq. The Qarmatians overcame the caravan's armed escort and took many pilgrims prisoner, along with the escort commander, Abu'l-Hayja al-Hamdani, before releasing them for ransom. The raid, along with a failure to prevent a sack of Basra a few months before led to popular unrest in Baghdad, and the deposition and execution of the Abbasid Caliphate's vizier, Ibn al-Furat.