The ' or ' were a subgroup of the Qarmatians that was active in southern Iraq in the early 10th century.
The ' or ' were a subgroup of the Qarmatians that was active in southern Iraq in the early 10th century.
The group emerged after the defeat of the Qarmatian revolt of Zikrawayh ibn Mihrawayh by the Abbasid Caliphate in 907. Zikrawayh died, but many of his followers in the Sawad (the fertile rural region around Kufa) believed that he was not dead and would return to lead them. In 907/908, a Zutt (an Isma'ili missionary) called Abu Hatim al-Zutti was active in the Sawad, and prohibited his followers from eating garlic, leeks, and turnips, slaughtering animals, and following certain customary Islamic religious observances. From this his followers they derived the nickname , which soon was used to generally refer to the Qarmatians of the Sawad. The followers of Zikrawayh were soon joined by the followers of Hamdan Qarmat and Abu Muhammad Abdan, who still believed in the return of Muhammad ibn Isma'il as the Mahdi.
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