Suq Yusuf
سوق يوسف
Market at al-Hira; in al-Baladhuri named for Yusuf ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Aqil al-Thaqafi — al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf's cousin and Hisham's governor over Iraq.
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Suq Yusuf is a market in al-Hira. Al-Baladhuri attributes it to Yusuf ibn Umar al-Thaqafi, paternal cousin of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, who was the governor of Hisham over Iraq. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.395
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