At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
The building
He put a ditch around it, and built a congregational mosque, carried out by the hand of Ammar ibn Abi al-Khasib, and his name was written on its wall. He dated the building to 158 AH. 1
He surrounded it with a wall of fired brick. The people of Rayy call the inner city and the outer wall the outer city. 1
The fortress of al-Zinbadi
The fortress of al-Zinbadi was within al-Muhammadiyya, and al-Mahdi ordered it repaired and lodged in it; it overlooks the congregational mosque and the house of government. At his first arrival al-Mahdi had lodged in a village called al-Siruwan. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- Ammar ibn Abi al-Khasib· Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Occurred at
- Rayy
People and things also explored
the great ʿAjam earthquake — Iraq to beyond Rayy· The Digging of Nahr al-Sila· The Aman of Samalu and its People's Transfer to Baghdad· The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash· Conquest of Rayy (22 AH)· The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis· death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· Death of al-Mahdi
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Founding of al-Muhammadiyya at Rayy”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/founding-of-muhammadiyya-rayy/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.