Fatimid–Palestine Conflict

Timeline

1. 1004–1009Southern Palestine · PalestineMufarrij ibn Daghfal led the Jarrah of the Tayy tribe in rising up in southern Palestine, raiding pilgrim convoys and seeking to establish a hereditary family domain; the Fatimid authorities initially responded with military and diplomatic measures.
2. 1011–1012Ramla · PalestineThe rebels ambushed and captured the Fatimid governor of Damascus, Yalugh, near Gaza, occupied Ramla, and executed him; they then raised Hasan ibn Ja'far, the Sharif of Mecca, as a rival caliph, proclaiming the Friday sermon in Ramla and openly challenging Fatimid suzerainty.
3. 1013Palestine · PalestineAl-Hakim abandoned diplomatic appeasement and dispatched an army on campaign; Mufarrij was poisoned, some of his sons surrendered, and the Fatimids temporarily restored control over the Palestinian hinterland, though the problem of Bedouin separatism was not eradicated.