Founding of al-Muhammadiyya at Rayy
بناء المحمدية بالري
774 CE · 158 AH
Al-Mahdi came to Rayy in the caliphate of his father al-Mansur and built the city the people inhabit today, dug a moat around it, built a congregational mosque carried out by Ammar ibn Abi al-Khasib whose name was written on its wall, dated its building 158 AH, girded it with a suburb-wall of fired brick and named it al-Muhammadiyya — Rayy's people call the inner town al-Madina al-Dakhila and the walled suburb al-Madina al-Kharija; Hisn al-Zaynabi lay inside al-Muhammadiyya, al-Mahdi ordered its repair and lodged there overlooking mosque and governor's palace, and on his first arrival he had lodged at a village called al-Sirwan.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- 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
- Ammar ibn Abi al-Khasib· Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Occurred at
- Rayy
People and things also explored
The Digging of Nahr al-Sila· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Founding of Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad)· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Building of Sisar
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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