 In 930, Mecca was attacked and sacked by Qarmatians, a millenarian Shi'a Isma'ili Muslim sect led by Abū-Tāhir Al-Jannābī and centered in eastern Arabia.The Black Death pandemic hit Makkah in 1349.One of the most famous travelers to Mecca in the 14th century was Moroccan scholar and traveler, Ibn Battuta.