al-Nil
النيل
A town in the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri al-Hajjaj dug the Nil and Zabi canals — naming the latter for the old Zabi — revived their lands, and founded and garrisoned the city called al-Nil.
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
al-Nil: a town in al-Sawad. al-Baladhuri reports that al-Hajjaj dug the river al-Nil and the river al-Zabi. He named it al-Zabi because he took it from the old al-Zabi, revived the lands on both of them, and founded the town known as al-Nil, which he made a garrison city. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.408
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Nil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-nil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.