Uprising of Fakhkh: Difference between revisions

When [[al-Hadi al-'Abbasi]] heard the news of the uprising, he ordered some Abbasid seniors who were in Mecca for hajj pilgrimage to fight Husayn b. 'Ali under the commandership of [[Muhamamd b. Sulayman]]. The Abbasids (with 4000 soldiers) and Husayn's army encountered on [[Dhu l-Hajja]] 8 (June 11, 786), the day of [[Tarwiya]], in an area called "Fakh". The Abbasid commander offered Husayn a letter of security but he did not accept it. In the battle, Husayn and many of his companions were martyred, some were captivated and some escaped. The heads of the [[martyrs]] as well as the captives were first sent to [[Medina]] and then to [[Baghdad]] to al-Hadi al-'Abbasi.

The sons of [['Abdullah al-Mahd]] were active in this event. [[Sulayman b. 'Abdullah]] and [[Hasan b. Muhammad b. 'Abdullah al-Mahd]] were killed, but [[Idris b. 'Abdullah]] escaped to [[Morocco]] (Maghrib) and later established the Idrissid government there. Also another brother of his, Yahya b. 'Abdullah, escaped to [[Daylam]]. He received a letter of security from [[Harun al-Rashid]], but was then deceived into going to Baghdad and was killed there.