Bahurasir
بهورسير
the city on the Kufa side of al-Mada'in; in al-Baladhuri the Muslims camped against it nine or eighteen months, its people fighting them, till it was opened.
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- The Rashidun Caliphate
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- Levant & Iraq
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Bahurasir: the city in the Kufa branch of al-Mada'in. According to al-Baladhuri, the Muslims stayed before it for nine months, or it is said eighteen months, while its people fought them until they conquered it.
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Bahurasir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bahurasir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.