Subayt the Dahqan
سبيط الدهقان
Subayt, a Basra dahqan; his reedbed fell in the tract al-Mansur took for al-Subaytiyya — short-paid and beaten by the agent, he kept to the caliph's gate demanding the balance till death, and the estate bears his name.
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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview
Subayt, a landholder (dihqan) of Basra, mentioned by al-Baladhuri in Futuh al-Buldan. He had a thicket on the land that al-Mansur reclaimed for the Subaytiyya estate 1.
His story
The source reports that the agent withheld part of its price from him and beat him. He kept at the door of al-Mansur demanding what remained owed to him until he died. The estate was then named the Subaytiyya 1.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Subayt the Dahqan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/subayt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.