Qualla: Battle of Fakhkh https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/g/u/6/battle-of-fakhkh-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Fakhkh https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh Battle of Fakhkh: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. Four kilometers northwest of Mecca, in a wadi the Shia would later call simply the Martyrs, a great-grandson of the Prophet's grandson died with his followers on 11 June 786. His name was al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, and he was a descendant of Hasan - the elder son of Ali, the Prophet's cousin. The Abbasid caliph al-Hadi had offered him mercy during the fighting. Husayn refused and kept swinging his sword until he was cut down. His severed head was carried back to the caliph in Baghdad, who then sent it onward to Khurasan as a warning to the local Shia that revolts would not be tolerated. In Shia martyrology, Fakhkh is second only to Karbala in the number of Alids who fell.

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/g/u/6/battle-of-fakhkh-wp/sgu6-battle-of-fakhkh-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Fakhkh: The House of the Prophet, Divided https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. When the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate in 748-750, it rode to power on a promise. The slogan spoke of a chosen one from the Family of Muhammad who would rule justly and according to the Quran. Many thought this meant the Alids - descendants of the Prophet thr...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/g/u/6/battle-of-fakhkh-wp/sgu6-battle-of-fakhkh-the-house-of-the-prophet-divided.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Fakhkh: A Quarrel in Medina https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 785, the conciliatory caliph al-Mahdi died, replaced by his harsher successor al-Hadi. Husayn and his followers, planning a rising timed to the Hajj of 786 when thousands of Alid sympathizers would be in Mecca, had their hand forced by a confrontation in Medina. The Abbasid go...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/g/u/6/battle-of-fakhkh-wp/sgu6-battle-of-fakhkh-a-quarrel-in-medina.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Fakhkh: The Battle at the Wadi https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. Al-Hadi appointed his uncle, Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Ali, to crush the revolt. Several Abbasid princes were already in Mecca, returning from that year's pilgrimage. Their armed retinues combined: 130 horsemen, 200 riders on donkeys, and unspecified infantry. After a show parade...

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]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/g/u/6/battle-of-fakhkh-wp/sgu6-battle-of-fakhkh-the-battle-at-the-wadi.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Fakhkh: Aftermath and Two Escapes https://qualla.com/battle-of-fakhkh/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. Some of the surrendered Alids were executed on the spot at Mecca. Al-Hadi executed at least three more in Baghdad. Medieval Muslim authors report stories of the caliph's sorrow over the necessity of killing the Prophet's offspring, but modern historians doubt those accounts - oth...

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