al-Khayzuran, Mother of the Caliphs
الخيزران أم الخلفاء
Mother of the caliphs; in al-Baladhuri she ordered the canal known as Mahdud dug — naming it al-Rayyan — her agent dividing it into bounded sections each assigned to a digging crew, whence the name Mahdud.
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At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- وفاة الهادي· The Digging of the Anbar Canal
People and things also explored
al-Hadi Musa· الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Sa'd ibn Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari· وفاة الهادي· The Digging of the Anbar Canal
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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