At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
al-Jar: the port of the Hijaz. From the year 21 AH the sea-borne loads of food from the kharaj of Egypt used to arrive there. Sa'd al-Jar took charge of collecting them, and they were carried to Medina, where they were divided among the people in a house by measure. 1
The loads continued into the caliphate of Abu Ja'far and after it, with interruptions during the first strife and the time of the Umayyads. See the transport of food from Egypt in the time of Umar.
Connections
- Site of
- The Sea Transport of Egypt's Kharaj Grain to Medina
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1430
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Hunting (sayd)· Abd Allah ibn Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad· Abu Hurayra· Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf· Amr ibn al-As· Marwan ibn al-Hakam· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Zayd ibn Thabit
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Jar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-jar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.