The Garrisoning of Sur man Ra'a (Samarra)
تمصير سر من رأى
In al-Baladhuri: al-Mu'tasim left Madinat al-Salam for al-Qatul, dwelling at Qasr al-Rashid which Harun had built while digging his Qatul canal — called Abu al-Jund for watering lands for his troops' stipends; al-Mu'tasim built at al-Qatul, gave that palace to his mawla Ashinas al-Turki, considered garrisoning there and began a city, then resolved to garrison Sur man Ra'a instead — moved the people to it, dwelt there, built the congregational mosque at the markets' edge, named it Sur man Ra'a ('he who sees it rejoices'), and settled Ashinas and his attached commanders at Karkh Fayruz.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Connections
- Occurred at
- Samarra
- Had participant
- al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid· Ashinas al-Turki· Harun al-Rashid
People and things also explored
al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid· Harun al-Rashid· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· فتح عمورية· Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Fall of Qaliqala, 133, and its Rebuilding· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Founding of al-Mutawakkiliyya
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Garrisoning of Sur man Ra'a (Samarra)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/founding-of-samarra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.