Abbadan
عبادان
Abbadan, Basra's island and sea-fortress; it was Humran ibn Aban's qati'a from Abd al-Malik — one of the Ayn al-Tamr captives claiming Namir ibn Qasit descent — until al-Hajjaj's threat, conveyed by Abbas ibn al-Husayn al-Hibati, moved Humran to gift him the west bank, which took Abbas's name. Abbas first garrisoned it, then al-Rabi' ibn Sabih the jurist fortified and raided from it, sailed for India and died at sea — buried on a Jarathir island in 160h.
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Overview
Abbadan: the island of Basra and its seaward fortress, as the conquest accounts describe it. 1
Name and ownership
It was a fief of Humran ibn Aban, a freedman of Uthman, granted by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The source reports that al-Hajjaj threatened Humran through the words of Abbad ibn al-Husayn al-Habati, so Humran gave him the western bank of the river, and it came to be named after Abbad. 1
The garrison
Abbad ibn al-Husayn was the first to keep watch there. Later al-Rabi ibn Subayh, the jurist and freedman of Banu Sa'd, fortified it and kept watch there. He set out on a naval raid to India, died, and was buried on an island among the isles in the year 160 AH. 1 The place is also connected with Basra.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Abbadan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/abbadan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.