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al-Ijana

الإجانة

al-Ijana, the wide basin at the Dijlat al-Awra channel's edge three farsakhs from Basra — Jahiliyya named it, Islam's Arabs called it al-Jazara — where Abu Musa began the Ubulla canal.

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al-Ijana: a wide hollow on the edge of the Awra branch of the Tigris, on the side facing Basra, three farsakhs from it. The pre-Islamic Arabs called it al-Ijana, and the Arabs in Islam called it al-Jazzara. 1

From it Abu Musa began digging the river of al-Ubulla. 1

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ijana”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-ijana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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