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The Black Stone is stolen, 930 CE

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317 AH

EventMakkah1,096 years ago

The Black Stone is stolen

The Qarmatians storm Makkah during Hajj, kill pilgrims, throw bodies into Zamzam and carry the Black Stone off to eastern Arabia. It is returned in 951.

Abu Tahir al-Jannabi

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