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'''Uprising of Fakhkh''' (Arabic: {{ia|وقعة فخّ}}) or the '''Uprising of the Fakhkh's martyr''' (Arabic: {{ia|قیام شهید فخّ}}) was an uprising by the [['Alids]] against the [[Abbasids]] that occurred in [[Dhu l-Qa'da]], [[169]]/May, 786) under the leadership of [[Shahid of Fakhkh|Husayn b. 'Ali]], a progeny of [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)]] in [[Medina]], leading to his and his companions' martyrdom in an area called "fakhkh" near [[Mecca]]. According to some [[hadiths]], [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]] refused to take part in the uprising, prognosticating its fate. According to a hadith from [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]]: after [[Event of Taff]], there was no crime worse than the Event of Fakhkh.

Al-Husayn b. 'Ali b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. [[al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a)]] was known as "Sahib al-Fakhkh" (the companion of Fakhkh). His father, 'Ali b. al-Hasan was a pious person known as "'Ali al-Khayr" ('Ali, the good) and "'Ali al-aghar" ('Ali, the nice). And his mother, Zaynab, was the daughter of 'Abd Allah b. al-Hasan b. al-Hasan b. 'Ali, who was known as "[['Abd Allah al-Mahd]]" (the pure 'Abd Allah); she was a sister of [[Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]] and [[Ibrahim b. 'Abd Allah]], known as "Qatil Bakhamra" (killed in Bakhamra). This couple was known as righteous because of their piety.

When [[al-Hadi al-'Abbasi]] took over the [[caliphate]], he increased the pressure on the [['Alawis]]. He was insistent that the 'Alawis should be chased and found; he frightened them, and cut wages that his father, [[al-Mahdi al-'Abbasi]], used to give them. He wrote to his rulers in every place that the 'Alawis should be chased, arrested, and extradited to the central government. He also dismissed the ruler of [[Medina]] who treated the 'Alawis in a rather good manner, and appointed a person from the progeny of [['Umar b. al-Khattab]], 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz b. 'Abd Allah, who was known to be hostile to [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], as the ruler of Medina.

After the Fakhkh uprising, the ruler of [[Medina]] set the houses and palm groves of [[Shahid al-fakhkh|al-Husayn b. 'Ali]] and some of his household on fire, and confiscated the rest of their palm groves and property. Musa b. 'Isa al-'Abbasi went to Medina and called people of the city to the mosque and had them publically curse al-Husayn and his companions. There are contradictory reports about al-Hadi al-'Abbasi's reactions. On some accounts, he coldheartedly treated the captives of the event as well as the Abbasid rulers who failed to do their duties in the battle. For example, he captivated [[Qasim b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-'Alawi]], and mutilated his body with a saw, and he was angered at his own commander, Musa b. 'Isa al-'Abbasi, who had killed Hasan b. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah, instead of capturing him and letting the [[Caliph]] decide about him; because of this he confiscated Musa's property.