Sawa
ساوة
a Jibal city; in al-Baladhuri, where Layla al-Akhyaliyya died and was buried on her way to al-Hajjaj's Rayy agent.
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- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
Sawa is a city in the mountains. Al-Baladhuri mentions that Layla al-Akhyaliyya came to al-Hajjaj, and he gave her a gift, and she asked him to write to his governor in al-Rayy. When she arrived at Sawa she died, and she was buried there. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Sawa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sawa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.