At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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In space
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Overview
Al-Baladhuri reports that Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab founded the city of al-Abbasiyya near Qayrawan. 1
The account
The frontier troops besieged Ibrahim in Qayrawan, and the Muradi and the Mamtun came to him with money from the tax of Egypt. When they were given it, they dispersed. 1
The building
Ibrahim built the White Palace south of Qayrawan, two miles from it, and laid out plots around it for the people, who built. He built a congregational mosque of lime, brick and marble columns, roofed it with cedar, and its area was about two hundred cubits by two hundred. 1
He bought slaves and freed them, until they reached five thousand, and settled them around it. He named the city al-Abbasiyya, and it was flourishing until the time of al-Baladhuri. 1
The date in the data is approximate (around 800 CE) and derived.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Qayrawan
- Had participant
- إبراهيم بن الأغلب
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Qayrawan· al-Aghlab ibn Salim's Death by an Arrow and Harish's Rout· The Founding of Qayrawan· The Ifriqiyan Army's Rising against Ibn al-Ash'ath in His Palace· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb· إبراهيم بن الأغلب· Qayrawan
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.328
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab's Founding of al-Abbasiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibrahim-abbasiyya-founding/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.