At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Ushri (tithe land) describes land whose people pay the tithe ('ushr) rather than the land tax (kharaj). It is the counterpart of the kharaj. 1
In Futuh al-buldan
Al-Baladhuri mentions that what the Arabs cultivated of the lands of the springs of al-Taff after Dhu Qar and the conquest became tithe land. Likewise what was granted from the lands of those springs whose people left them after al-Qadisiyya and al-Mada'in. 1
He then mentions that the springs of al-Taff were made into Sawad lands in the governorship of Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab under al-Mutawakkil. 1
What is not recorded here: the detail of the rulings on the tithe among the jurists. It needs a further source.
Connections
- Related to
- Kharaj (land tax)
People and things also explored
The Digging of Nahr al-Sila· The Conquest of Hamadhan· The Conquest of Isbahan· Nihawand's Treaty and the Mah Dinar Name· Mu'adh's Counsel on the Land of Syria at al-Jabiya· Kharaj (land tax)
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.419
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ushri (tithe-land status)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ushri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.