Abū-Tāhir Sulaymān Al-Jannābī (906–944) is the ruler of the Qarmatian state in Bahrain (historical region) and Eastern Arabia, who in 930 leads the sacking of Mecca.

The brother of ‘Abu Sa’id al-Jannabi, the founder of the Qarmatian state, Abu Tahir becomes leader of the state in 923 He immediately begins an expansionist phase raiding Basra that year, followed by Kufa in 927, defeating an Abbasid army in the process, and then threatening Baghdad in 928 before pillaging much of Iraq when he cannot gain entry to the city.

In 930, he leads the Qarmatians’ most notorious attack when he pillages Mecca and desecrates Islam’s most sacred sites.

Unable to gain entry to the city initially, Abu Tahir calls upon the right of all Muslims to enter the city and gives his oath that he comes in peace.

Once inside the city walls, the Qarmatian army sets about massacring the pilgrims, taunting them with verses of the Koran as they do so.

The bodies of the pilgrims are left to rot in the streets or thrown down the Well of Zamzam.

The Kaaba is looted, with Abu Tahir taking personal possession of the Black Stone and bringing it back to Al-Hasa.