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Maskin

مسكن

Village of the Sawad; in al-Baladhuri raided by al-Nusayr on Khalid ibn al-Walid (may God be pleased with him)'s behalf together with Qatarrabul for a fine booty; a poet lists it among al-Anbar, Qatarrabul and Baduraya around Baghdad's market.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Maskin is a village in the Sawad of Iraq. Al-Baladhuri mentions that al-Nusayr raided villages in Maskin and Qutrabbul on behalf of Khalid ibn al-Walid, and took a fine booty from them. 1

A poet mentioned it in the market of Baghdad, together with al-Anbar, Qutrabbul and Badurya. 1

Sources

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

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