The Digging of Nahr al-Sila
حفر نهر الصلة
In al-Baladhuri: al-Mahdi ordered Nahr al-Sila dug; they dug it and revived the lands along it, assigning its revenue to the sila of the people of the two sanctuaries and their expenses there — the compact offered cultivators who joined it, which they remain on today, fifty years, after which they would sharecrop at half.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
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Connections
- Occurred at
- Nahr al-Sila
- Had participant
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Basis for
- Kharaj (land tax)
People and things also explored
Ushri (tithe-land status)· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Conquest of Hamadhan· The Conquest of Isbahan· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Founding of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)· Founding of al-Muhammadiyya at Rayy
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Digging of Nahr al-Sila”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-sila-canal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.