Nahr Ibn Umar
نهر ابن عمر
Nahr Ibn Umar at Basra, dug by Abdallah ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz for Yazid ibn al-Walid after the two-flask complaint of the town's brackish water.
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The River of Ibn Umar is a river at Basra. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, governor for Yazid ibn al-Walid, dug it so that its people could drink from it, after complaints about the brackishness of their water. The source mentions in this connection the two water-flasks of Basra and al-Butayha. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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