Jarrahid Revolt

Abu'l-Qasim, a member of the Banu'l-Maghribi, a family of statesmen who has served in several Muslim courts of the Middle East in the tenth and early eleventh centuries, is the only one of his family to escape death after the Banu'l-Maghribi become involved in the intrigues between various factions of the Fatimid court: in 1009/10, the powerful vizier, Mansur ibn 'Abdun, had convinced Caliph al-Hakim to have all the members of the family executed.

Abu'l-Qasim flees to the Jarrahids of Palestine in 1011.

Driven by a flaming desire to avenge himself upon the Caliph, he persuades the Jarrahid emir, Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, to raise the Bedouins in open rebellion against al-Hakim.

The revolt spreads swiftly through the Palestinian hinterland.

Even the provincial capital, Ramlah, falls to the Bedouin, and the coastal cities are besieged, but not taken.

Abu'l-Qasim goes as far as orchestrating the proclamation of an anti-Caliph, the Alid Sharif of Mecca, Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far, in July 1012.

Despite the rebellion's initial success, the Jarrahids are susceptible to bribery by the Caliph and do not inspire trust in their confederates: dismayed by the lack of respect shown to him by the Jarrahids, Abu'l-Futuh abandons the revolt and returnsto Mecca, while Abu'l-Qasim himself flees to Iraq.

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