Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi
عبيد الله بن المهدي
Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi; al-Rashid's grantee of the Ahwaz musarra'a lands — a doubt arose, men raised it to al-Ma'mun, who ordered them reviewed: what held no doubt was executed, what was doubtful was named 'the doubted' — a practice still known in al-Ahwaz.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Overview
Ubayd Allah ibn al-Mahdi al-Abbasi. al-Rashid granted him the sharecropping of land in al-Ahwaz, and a doubt entered into it, so some people referred the matter to al-Ma'mun 1.
The doubtful land
al-Ma'mun ordered that the matter be examined. What was free of doubt he confirmed, and what was doubted was called "the doubtful" (al-mashkuk fihi), and this is known in al-Ahwaz 1.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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