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The Annexation of Dar al-Qattan to the Mosque of al-Mansur

إلحاق دار القطان بجامع المنصور

c. 873 CE · 260 AH

Baghdad

In 260 the Turk Muflih ordered the annexation to al-Mansur's congregational mosque of the hall called Dar al-Qattan, formerly a falconry bureau; its keeper al-Qattan built it into the mosque for prayer, and it took his name 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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860870880890 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation

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Baghdad

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In 260 the Turk Muflih ordered added to al-Mansur's congregational mosque the hall called Dar al-Qattan — long a Christians' diwan; Muflih directed his associate al-Qattan to build it and placed it in the mosque for prayer, whence its name 1.

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The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 110
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islam.museum contributors. “The Annexation of Dar al-Qattan to the Mosque of al-Mansur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/dar-al-qattan-260/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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