the palace of al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi
قصر العباس بن عمرو الغنوي
The palace between Sinjar and Nasibin built by al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi of Tall Sayyar — builder of Raqqa and Ra's al-Ayn for Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, governor of al-Yamama and Bahrayn, and the sole survivor when al-Mu'tadid sent him against the Qarmatians with ten thousand horse. Its wall became a chronicle of mutability: Sayf al-Dawla inscribed an elegy on it in 331, Ghadanfar ibn al-Hasan ibn Hamdan in 362, al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyib in 388, and his son Qurwash in 401, who resolved to raze it as ill-omened, then spared it 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
A palace between Sinjar and Nasibin, built by al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi of the people of Tall Sayyar. 1
Its builder
He was the builder of al-Raqqa and Ras al-Ayn, from the fortress of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, and he governed al-Yamama and Bahrain. Al-Mu'tadid sent him against the Qaramita with ten thousand horsemen; all of them were killed, and he alone was spared. 1
What was written on the palace
The palace became a board for sermons. Sayf al-Dawla wrote on it in his own hand in 331 AH, and beneath it al-Ghadanfar ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) ibn Hamdan wrote in 362 AH, then al-Muqallid ibn al-Musayyab ibn Rafi' in 388 AH. 1
Then his son Qarwash wrote in 401 AH. He had resolved to demolish it, saying that it was ill-omened, but he left it standing. 1
Sources
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 245-248
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islam.museum contributors. “the palace of al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/qasr-al-abbas-ibn-amr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.