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Leveling the Hulwan Pass

تسهيل عقبة حلوان

c. 893 CE · 280 AH

Hulwan

In 280 AH al-Mu'tadid ordered the Hulwan pass leveled at a cost of twenty thousand dinars — travelers had long suffered its hardship 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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880890900910 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation

Overview

In 280 al-Mu'tadid bi'llah ordered the Hulwan pass eased — it was eased at a cost of twenty thousand dinars; travelers had long suffered its severe hardship 1.

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Hulwan
Had participant
al-Mu'tadid bi-llah

People and things also explored

Baraz al-Rawz palace· al-Mu'tadid's unbuilt academy plan· Abu Ahmad Imprisons His Son Abu al-Abbas al-Mu'tadid· The appointment of Amr ibn al-Layth over the lands beyond the Balkh river· The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin· The Demolition of Dar al-Nadwa in Mecca· Dredging of the Dujayl river· The ransom exchange between Muslims and Byzantines, 283

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 143
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Baraz al-Rawz palace

In 287 al-Mu'tadid ordered a palace at his chosen spot in Baraz al-Rawz; the householders of Bab al-Shammasiyya were bought out to clear the site, the wall traced, and a river-dais begun for him to occupy until the palace finished — but his illness struck and he died before its completion.