Ghaylan ibn Kharasha al-Dabbi
غيلان بن خرشة الضبي
Ghaylan ibn Kharasha al-Dabbi; he ran Ibn Amir's digging of the Umm Abdallah Dajaja canal — the one Haritha ibn Badr praised riding with Ibn Amir ('never a greater blessing — the weak drink at their own doors') then damned riding with Ziyad ('never a worse canal — their boys drown in it'); some say the two-tongued speaker was Ghaylan himself.
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- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Ghaylan ibn Kharasha al-Dabbi, who was given charge by Abd Allah ibn Amir of digging the river of Umm Abd Allah Dajaja. Al-Baladhuri reports the words of Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani to Ibn Amir when he rode beside him: "I have not seen a river of greater blessing than this one; the weak draw water from it at their house doors." Then he said to Ziyad when he rode beside him: "I have never seen a worse river than this one; their children drown in it." Some people report that the speaker was Ghaylan himself. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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