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Isabadh

عيساباذ

a Baghdad quarter named — in al-Baladhuri — for Isa ibn al-Mahdi son of al-Khayzuran; al-Mahdi dwelt there most, in buildings he raised.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Isabadh is a district in Baghdad. According to al-Baladhuri it was named after Isa ibn al-Mahdi, and it was in the care of the Turk Manazil, who was the son of al-Khayzuran. Al-Mahdi stayed most often in Isabadh, in buildings he built there. 1

Sources

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

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