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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Al-Masruqanan was a grant held by the family of Abu Bakra, originally one hundred jaribs. Al-Baladhuri says that the surveyors of al-Mansur measured it as a thousand jaribs. 1
The family were allowed to keep a hundred, and the rest was taken back.
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Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Masruqanan Survey”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/masruqanan-survey/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.