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al-Mughitha

المغيثة

al-Mughitha, the dam Sulayman ibn Ali built on Basra's batiha at a million dirhams' cost — turning the water from Nahr al-Dayr into Nahr Ibn Umar.

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al-Mughitha: a dam that Sulayman ibn Ali built at Basra on al-Bitiha. It held back the water from the river al-Dayr and diverted it to the river of Ibn Umar, and he spent a million dirhams on it. 1

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

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