Uprising of Fakhkh: Difference between revisions

After some hours, Khalid al-Barbari, the military commander of the city, and his soldiers attacked the mosque. However, Khalid was killed and his soldiers were defeated. The next day, there was another battle between the two groups leading to the defeat of the [[Abbasids]]. Then the Abbasids asked al-Mubarak al-Turki (a commander of the [[Caliph]]), who was then in Medina for performing the [[hajj]] rituals, for help. According to ''[[Maqatil al-Talibin]]'', Mubarak was reluctant to engage with those quarrels; so he sent a message to Husayn b. 'Ali to send some of his soldiers to launch a camisado against him so that he can find a pretext to flee. Husayn did this, and Mubarak escaped to [[Mecca]]. Thus Medina was under Husayn's control. According to Tabari, their control of the city lasted only 11 days, until [[Dhu l-Qa'da 24]] (May 28, 786). In this interval they equipped themselves.