Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam

Al-Awwam bin Mohammad bin Yusuf Al-Zajaj (Arabic: العوام بن محمد بن يوسف الزَجاج), known as Abu al-Bahlul (Arabic: ابو البهلول، Father of Al-Bahlul)[1] was a Shiite member of the Abdul Qays tribe in Bahrain who overthrew Ismaili Qarmatian rule of the islands around 1058.[2]

He was the founder of Al-Awamiyah, a village in the Qatif region which was named after him.

  1. ^ "صحيفة الوسط البحرينية - أبو البهلول يبني المسجد و يطيح بالقرامطة".
  2. ^ Farhad Daftary, The Ismāı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines, Cambridge University Press 1990, p221