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Marjana, Mother of Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad

مرجانة أم عبيد الله بن زياد

Marjana, Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's mother, whom Shirawayh the Aswari married and for whom he built the thousand-doored Hazārdir.

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The Umayyad Period
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Marjana, mother of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, who was the son of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan. 1

Her marriage and palace

Shirawayh al-Iswari married her, and he built for her the palace of Hazardar with many doors. 1

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زياد بن أبي سفيان

People and things also explored

Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat· Digging of the Ubulla Canal· Digging of the Ma'qil Canal· Mu'awiya's annexation of Ziyad ibn Abihi· al-Khirrīt ibn Rāshid and Banū Nājiya's break with ʿAli (38 AH)· Mu'awiya's Marsh Grant· The Mughira-Umm Jamil Affair· Nafi' ibn al-Harith's Walking Grant

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat

Utba ibn Ghazwan stormed al-Ubulla and wrote Umar — borne by Nafi' ibn al-Harith — that it was the port of Bahrain, Uman, India and China; crossing to al-Furat its folk came out with their spades and were beaten, Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud taking the town by force; at al-Madhar its marzban came out, was routed with most of his men drowned, taken alive and beheaded; at Dastumaysan Utba struck pre-emptively 'to weaken their sides and embolden hearts', killing their dehqans; then Abar Qubadh fell — the tract from al-Fahraj to al-Furat being treaty-land, the rest of Ubulla by force. Utba's wife Arda bint al-Harith goaded the men 'if they rout you, you'll enter us uncircumcised', and the forelocked boy Ziyad divided the spoils at two dirhams a day.