Building of the city of Wasit

بناء مدينة واسط

83 AH

Al-Tabari reports that al-Hajjaj laid out the city of Wasit in 83, after a monk had told him that a mosque would be built on that spot ¹. The cited work states that al-Hajjaj laid out Wasit in the land of Kaskar, began building it in 83 AH and finished in 86 AH with the approval of Abd al-Malik, and that the kharaj of all Iraq was spent on it for five years; it contained the congregational mosque, the governor's residence and the markets. ²

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al-Tabari mentions that al-Hajjaj laid out the city of Wasit in 83 AH. ¹

al-Tabari's account

He reports that a monk told al-Hajjaj that a mosque would be built at that place. ¹

The Salabi book

The book says that al-Hajjaj laid out Wasit in the land of Kaskar. Building began in 83 AH and was finished in 86 AH, after Abd al-Malik gave his approval. The revenue of the whole of Iraq was spent on it for five years. It contains the congregational mosque, the governor's house and the markets. ²

Sources

Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.6 p.384
The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.20

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