Abu al-Khasib Marzuq

أبو الخصيب مرزوق

al-Mansur's mawla; in al-Baladhuri ordered to build him the palace called Abu al-Khasib's on an old foundation — it is also said he built it for himself and al-Mansur would visit him there. Basra's Nahr Abi al-Khasib bears his name

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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Abu al-Khasib Marzuq, client of al-Mansur. Al-Baladhuri says that al-Mansur ordered him to build for him the palace known as the Palace of Abu al-Khasib on an old foundation. It is said that he built it for himself, and that al-Mansur used to visit him there. The river of Abu al-Khasib in Basra is attributed to him. 1

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.404
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