Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abu Tahir al-Jannabi

Ruler of the Qurmatian State

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0906

Place of Birth: Bahrain

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0944

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abu Tahir Sulayman al-Jannabi (Arabic: ??? ???? ?????? ?????????, romanized: Abu Tahir Sulayman al-Jannabi; 906–944) was an Iranian warlord and the ruler of the Qarmatian state in Bahrayn (Eastern Arabia), who in 930 led the sacking of Mecca. A younger son of Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, the founder of the Qarmatian state, Abu Tahir became leader of the state in 923, after ousting his older brother Abu'l-Qasim Sa'id.
He immediately began an expansionist phase, raiding Basra that year.
He raided Kufa in 927, defeating an Abbasid army in the process, and threatened the Abbasid capital Baghdad in 928 before pillaging much of Iraq when he could not gain entry to the city.In 930, he led the Qarmatians' most notorious attack when he pillaged Mecca and desecrated Islam's most sacred sites.
Unable to gain entry to the city initially, Abu Tahir called upon the right of all Muslims to enter the city and gave his oath that he came in peace.
Once inside the city walls the Qarmatian army set about massacring the pilgrims, taunting them with verses of the Koran as they did so.
The bodies of the pilgrims were left to rot in the streets or thrown down the Well of Zamzam.
The Kaaba was looted, with Abu Tahir taking personal possession of the Black Stone and taking it away to al-Hasa.