al-Qatul
القاطول
The Jaramiqa village-site on a Tigris canal where al-Mu'tasim first built before abandoning it for Samarra — lampooned as 'you left the Batarqa rams of Baghdad' 1.
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Overview
al-Qatul: a place on a river that draws from the Tigris. There was a village in it inhabited by a people of the Jaramiqa and some people of the Nabat. 2
Al-Mu'tasim at al-Qatul
al-Mas'udi reports that al-Mu'tasim first settled at al-Baradhan, but did not find its air healthy, and so he moved until he reached al-Qatul. He built a palace there, and people moved to it from Madinat al-Salam. Then he was harmed by it and resolved on Samarra. 2
al-Mas'udi quotes the verse of Ayyar in satire of that move: "O dweller of al-Qatul among the Jaramiqa, you left the patriarchs of Baghdad the rams." 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 444-445
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.444-445
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Qatul”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-qatul/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.