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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Anatolia
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Badhandun: a place in the furthest land of the Romans, in the country of the frontiers, where there is a cold, clear spring. al-Suyuti reports that al-Ma'mun stopped there and desired it, and he liked a fish in it. When it was caught he did not taste it, and he was seized with trembling. He died there in the year 218 AH, and he was carried to Tarsus and buried there. 2
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 494
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.494
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Badhandun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/badhandun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.