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-Talibiyyin]]'', al-Mubarak was reluctant to engage with those quarrels; so he sent a message to al-Husayn b. 'Ali to send some of his soldiers to launch a camisado against him so that he can find a pretext to flee. Al-Husayn did this, and al-Mubarak escaped to [[Mecca]]. Thus Medina was under al-Husayn's control. According to al-Tabari, their control of the city lasted only 11 days, until [[Dhu l-Qa'da 24]] ([[June 1]], 786). In this interval they equipped themselves.