{"slug": "eastern-arabia", "label": "Eastern Arabia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4165357", "qid": "Q4165357", "description": "historical region encompassing the entire coastal strip of Eastern Arabian Peninsula", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [899, 930], "span_label": ["899 CE", "930 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Bahrain (historical region)", "Bahrayn (historical region)"], "related": [{"slug": "qarmatians", "label": "Qarmatians", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hajj", "label": "Hajj", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basra", "label": "Basra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bahrain", "label": "Bahrain", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Qarmatians, led by Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, capture Bahrain's capital of Hajr and Al-Hasa (Eastern Arabia). Abu Sa'id makes it his residence and establishes a religious utopian republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Arabian_Empire", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Qarmatians of al-Bahrayn, under Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, score a major victory over the Abbasid army led by al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June", "text": "June/July – Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, founder of the Qarmatian state in Bahrayn (assassinated)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Deaths", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, founder of Bahrain (or 913)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Deaths", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Asia", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – A group of 1,800 warriors of the Qarmatians of Bahrayn attack and destroy the returning Hajj caravans at al-Habir. Some of the more prominent pilgrims, who were returning to Baghdad from Mecca, are taken to Al-Ahsa Oasis to be held for ransom. The event leads to the downfall and execution of the Abbasid Caliphate's vizier, Ibn al-Furat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#January—March", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › January—March"}}, {"year": 930, "year_label": "930 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – Sack of Mecca: The Qarmatians, led by Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, sack Mecca, desecrating the Zamzam Well and carrying off the Black Stone to their homeland in Eastern Arabia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919313#Arabian_Empire", "title": "930", "revid": 1364919313, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}]}