Digging of Nahr Adi
حفر نهر عدي
Adi ibn Arta'a, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's governor, consulted the Basrans on digging a canal — Wak'i ibn Abi Sud wrote 'no canal, no home'; some say Adi's aim was to spite Bahz ibn Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. Umar's permission came, the canal was dug from Butq Shirin, the people came out to watch, and Adi bore al-Hasan al-Basri on the dam as he pointed.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Hasan al-Basri
- Occurred at
- Basra
People and things also explored
Abu al-Hasan al-Basri· Basra· Great Mosque of Basra· The Asawira's Settlement at Basra· The Basra Bathhouse Permissions· The Basrans' Cry to Abdallah ibn Ali· Building of al-Mughitha· The Bukharans' Settlement at Basra
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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