Adi ibn Artat al-Fazari

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The Basra Dar al-Imara Saga

Utba built the dar al-imara below the mosque on al-Dahna' square holding prison and diwan; Abu Musa rebuilt it in mud-brick, Ziyad moved it to the qibla wall. Al-Hajjaj, meaning to erase Ziyad's name, resolved to raze and rebuild — told it was permanence he wanted, he demolished it and left it, its clay and doors going into the surrounding houses, and Basra had no governor's palace till Sulayman's kharaj-agent Salih ibn Abd al-Rahman rebuilt it on its foundations, raised and roofed it. Adi ibn Artat's upper rooms drew Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's letter 'your mother lose you, son of Umm Adi — does a house that held Ziyad and Ziyad's folk fail you?'; Sulayman ibn Ali topped the walls in clay then moved to the Mirbad, and under al-Rashid the palace was swallowed into the mosque — Basra's governors have no dar al-imara today.

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The Basra Dar al-Imara Saga