Qarmatian
noun
Qar·ma·ti·an
variants or Karmatian or Karmathian or less commonly Carmathian
kärˈmātēən
-āthēən
plural -s
: a member of a Muslim Shiʽite sect founded in the 9th century and flourishing during the middle ages as a communistic secret society that in time expanded to a small independent state on the Persian gulf from which its members raided neighboring lands
Word History
Etymology
Hamdan Qarmat, 9th century Iraqi peasant who founded the sect + English -an