Nahr al-Bazzaq
نهر البزاق
An old Sawad canal; in al-Baladhuri called in Nabataean 'la-Bassaq' — one that cuts water off its neighbour and draws it to itself — gathering surplus waters of al-Sib's marshes and Euphrates water, which the people corrupted to al-Bazzaq.
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
The River of al-Bazzaq is an ancient river in al-Sawad. Al-Baladhuri relates that it was called in Nabataean "Lubsaq", meaning the one that cuts water off from what lies beside it and draws it to itself. It is a river to which the surplus waters of the reed-beds of al-Sayb gather, along with water from the Euphrates, and so people called it "al-Bazzaq". 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.409
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