al-Qasiyya
القاسية
al-Qasiyya at Basra, a tract the water had left dry — taken by al-Qasim ibn Sulayman on a forged grant-letter of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya.
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al-Qasiyya: a place in Basra whose water dried up. al-Baladhuri reports that al-Qasim ibn Sulayman, a client of Ziyad, brought it out by a forged letter that he claimed came from Yazid ibn Mu'awiya. 1
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Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Qasiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-qasiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.