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al-Mirbad

المربد

al-Mirbad, Basra's square and market at its western gate; the governor Sulayman ibn Ali moved his residence there under Abu al-Abbas.

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al-Mirbad: the square and market of Basra, at its western gate. Sulayman ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas, governor of Basra for Abu al-Abbas, moved to it and settled there. 1

According to Ibn al-Jawzi, Abu Tahir al-Janabi al-Qarmati burned it in the year 311 AH on the day he entered Basra. 2

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 140

People and things also explored

Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· al-Jurf· Muwatta 140

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  2. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, p.466
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Muwatta, Book of Prayer

The Book of Prayer, first book of the Muwatta in Yahya ibn Yahya's recension (ed. Ma'ruf 1997): 590 reports in 139 babs, PDF pp. 33–303 of volume 1, from prayer times and purity through recitation, Friday, night prayer, travel, the two Eids, the qibla, the Qur'an, dhikr and du'a.