Qarmatians

Qarmatians
قرامطة
Qarmatians قرامطة
899–1077
Capital	Al-Ahsa Oasis
Religion	Shia Islam
Demonym(s)	Qarmatian
Government	Theocracy
• 894–914	Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi
• 914–944	Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
• 944–970	Ahmad Abu Tahir
• 968–977	Al-Hasan al-A'sam
• 970–972	Abul Kassim Sa'id
• 972–977	Abu Yaqub Yousuf
Establishment
History
• Ismāʿīlī schism	765
• Established	899
• Sack of Mecca	930
• al-Isfahani proclaimed to be the Mahdi	931
• Black Stone returned	952
• Defeated by the Abbasids	976
• Established	899
• Disestablished	1077

The Qarmatians (Arabic: قرامطة, romanized: Qarāmiṭa; Persian: قرمطیان, romanized: Qarmatiyān or Carmathians in 20th-century historical discourse in English) were a militant Isma'ili Shia movement centred in Al-Ahsa in Eastern Arabia, where they established a religious state in 899 CE.

References

↑ Mumayiz, Ibrahim A. (2006). Arabesques: Selections of Biography and Poetry from Classical Arabic Literature. Garant. ISBN 978-90-441-1888-9.
↑ Jr, Everett Jenkins (2010-11-25). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4713-8.
↑ "Qarmatian | Meaning, Attack, Beliefs, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-10-26.

[1] Mumayiz, Ibrahim A. (2006). Arabesques: Selections of Biography and Poetry from Classical Arabic Literature. Garant. ISBN 978-90-441-1888-9.

[2] Jr, Everett Jenkins (2010-11-25). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4713-8.

[3] "Qarmatian | Meaning, Attack, Beliefs, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-10-26.