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The Bukharans' Settlement at Basra

إسكان أهل بخارى البصرة

Basra

Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad captive-took a body of Bukhara's people — or, as told, they came down on his aman and obligation, eager for it — and settled them at Basra; when al-Hajjaj built Wasit he moved many there, their descendants including Khalid al-Shatir, called Ibn Marquli.

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The Umayyad Period
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Basra

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al-Baladhuri relates that a group of the people of Bukhara were settled in Basra in the time of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. 1

The account

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad had taken captive a multitude of the people of Bukhara. It is also said that they came down under his judgement, and it is said that he called them to safe-conduct and to the poll-tax (fariḍa), and they came down and liked it. He settled them in Basra. 1

When al-Hajjaj built the city of Wasit, he moved many of them there. al-Baladhuri mentions that among their descendants there is a group, including Khalid al-Shatir, known as Ibn Mariqli. 1

The three reports on the cause of their settlement are given as they appear, without preference.

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Great Mosque of Basra· Qasr Qubadh / the Hajjaj palace at Basra· The Asawira's Settlement at Basra· The Basra Bathhouse Permissions· The Basrans' Cry to Abdallah ibn Ali· Building of al-Mughitha· The Basra Dar al-Imara Saga· Digging of Nahr Adi

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Great Mosque of Basra

Basra's congregational mosque; Utba ibn Ghazwan built it of reeds in 14 AH — its layout claimed for himself, Nafi' ibn al-Adhra' al-Bahzi, Nafi' ibn al-Harith, and al-Aswad ibn Sari' who first judged in it — Abu Musa rebuilt it in mud-brick with mushab roofing, then Ziyad enlarged and rebuilt it in fired brick and gypsum with teak roofing, a stone minaret, the first maqsura, and columns hauled from Ahwaz's mountain by al-Hajjaj ibn Utayk and his son; he had pebbles strewn lest hand-dusting pass for sunnah, and the enforcers' harshness bred the saying 'lovely the governorship, even over stones'. Al-Mahdi bought the houses of Nafi' ibn al-Harith, Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra and Rabi'a ibn Kallada into it, and the governor's palace was taken in under al-Rashid.