The Marghab Canal Dispute

A dispute over a land grant at Marghab, near Merv, arose between the heirs of Hilal ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini and Bashir ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra. ¹

The grant, eight thousand jaribs, had been made to Hilal ibn Ahwaz by Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. Bashir dug the Marghab and its channels and called it the Marghab of Merv, and said the grant was his. ¹

Humayri ibn Hilal disputed it with him. Bashir had complained to Khalid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri, who accepted his claim. Khalid wrote to Malik ibn al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud, who was in charge of the affairs of Basra, to allow Bashir access to the Marghab and his land. Amr ibn Yazid al-Usaydi was helping Humayri. ¹

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