بناء مدينة واسط
بناء مدينة واسط
83 AH
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al-Tabari mentions that al-Hajjaj laid out the city of Wasit in 83 AH. 1
al-Tabari's account
He reports that a monk told al-Hajjaj that a mosque would be built at that place. 1
The Salabi book
The book says that al-Hajjaj laid out Wasit in the land of Kaskar. Building began in 83 AH and was finished in 86 AH, after Abd al-Malik gave his approval. The revenue of the whole of Iraq was spent on it for five years. It contains the congregational mosque, the governor's house and the markets. 2
Sources
- Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim), j.6 p.384
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.20
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islam.museum contributors. “بناء مدينة واسط”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/building-of-wasit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.