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Muhammad al-Mahdi

محمد المهدي

Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Mansur, al-Mahdi, third Abbasid caliph; in al-Baladhuri: he sent his son Harun raiding Byzantine lands in year 163, besieging Damalu — its people by some reports settled at Baghdad on his ruling, spared and named for their town — and he completed what remained of the march-cities' and fortresses' works after his father al-Mansur, adding to their garrisons, ordered al-Hadath built and bequeathed the building of Tarsus on al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba's description; in his caliphate a body of Qinnasrin's hadir converted and he had the khadra written at their hands.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Child of
Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
Participated in
The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Building of al-Rafiqa· The Building of Tarsus· Michael's Incursion on the Mar'ash Depths, 161
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Harun al-Rashid

People and things also explored

Harun al-Rashid· The Building of al-Rafiqa· Ali ibn Sulayman ibn Ali· al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Mar'ash (Germanikeia)· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Building of Madinat al-Hadath· The Building of Tarsus

Sources

  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Harun al-Rashid

Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi, fifth Abbasid caliph; in al-Baladhuri: as prince he led the summer raid of year 163 for his father, besieging Damalu and granting its people aman — settled at Baghdad's Samalu quarter — and in year 165 descending on the Gulf, repairing Masisa and its mosque, increasing its garrison and building the Adhana-bridge palace on the Sayhan; as caliph he learned in year 171 that the Byzantines had conspired to fortify Tarsus and forestalled them through Harthama ibn A'yan and Faraj ibn Sulaym, settling the two levies, ordered Ayn Zarba built and fortified in year 180 and the city of the Black Church likewise, named the march cities the 'Awasim, returned the Cypriot captives taken by Hayy ibn Ma'yuf, restored Filastin's deserted estates to their people through Harthama with the takhafif and rudud, disbursed funds through the marches and coasts, and carried the craft of raiding, in Mu'awiya ibn Amr's words, to a pitch unmatched before him.