the palace of al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi

A palace between Sinjar and Nasibin, built by al-Abbas ibn Amr al-Ghanawi of the people of Tall Sayyar. ¹

He was the builder of al-Raqqa and Ras al-Ayn, from the fortress of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, and he governed al-Yamama and Bahrain. Al-Mu'tadid sent him against the Qaramita with ten thousand horsemen; all of them were killed, and he alone was spared. ¹

The palace became a board for sermons. Sayf al-Dawla wrote on it in his own hand in 331 AH, and beneath it al-Ghadanfar ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) ibn Hamdan wrote in 362 AH, then al-Muqallid ibn al-Musayyab ibn Rafi' in 388 AH. ¹

Then his son Qarwash wrote in 401 AH. He had resolved to demolish it, saying that it was ill-omened, but he left it standing. ¹