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Harran, one of the Jazira's cities; its people made terms with Iyad ibn Ghanam like those of al-Ruha — it holds the mound of Afra' and the field of the place of prayer.
Harran, one of the Jazira's cities. Its people made terms with Iyad ibn Ghanam like those of al-Ruha; it is told they moved into it before his arrival and sued for terms on their town from inside, the Harranians and the Christians competing over the reconciliation, per al-Baladhuri. In it are the mound of Afra', the land of Tall Madhaba and the field of the place of prayer, and meadows in its outskirts for al-Ghamr ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari transmits from al-Bakri that Harran's gate bore a Syriac inscription attributed to Plato, and that what survives of the Sabians' temples is a house called Ma'lnisha — among them the temple of Azar, Abraham's father.
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Harran, one of the Jazira's cities. Its people made terms with Iyad ibn Ghanam like those of al-Ruha; it is told they moved into it before his arrival and sued for terms on their town from inside, the Harranians and the Christians competing over the reconciliation, per al-Baladhuri. In it are the mound of Afra', the land of Tall Madhaba and the field of the place of prayer, and meadows in its outskirts for al-Ghamr ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari transmits from al-Bakri that Harran's gate bore a Syriac inscription attributed to Plato, and that what survives of the Sabians' temples is a house called Ma'lnisha — among them the temple of Azar, Abraham's father.
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Harran is a city of al-Jazira. Its people made a peace agreement with Iyad ibn Ghanm on the same terms as Edessa. It is reported that they moved to it before his arrival, and made peace for their city while they were in it. There was rivalry between the Harranians and the Christians over making the peace, according to al-Baladhuri. 1
In it are Tall Afra, the land of Tall Mudhaba, and the prayer ground. In its outskirts are lands granted to al-Ghamr ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik. 1
Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari reports from al-Bakri that on the gate of Harran is an inscription in Syriac attributed to Plato, and that the rest of the temples of the Sabians is a house known as Mu'allaniyusha, which for them is the temple of Azar, the father of Abraham. 2
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- Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi· Majd al-Din Ibn Taymiyya· Sawab al-Adili· Sayf al-Din Ibn Taymiyya
- Birthplace of
- Majd al-Din Ibn Taymiyya
- Site of
- The Conquest of Harran· The earthquake that ruined al-Jazira, 508· Harran's final ruin, 670· Muslim ibn Quraysh takes Harran and kills its qadi· Salah al-Din's siege of Mosul and the settlement of Shahrazur in 581
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- The Jazira
People and things also explored
al-Ruha (Edessa)· The Conquest of the Jazira· Fakhr al-Din ibn Taymiyya· War between al-Ashraf's and Jalal al-Din's armies· Battle of al-Firad (12 AH)· The Mongols enter Diyar Bakr and the Jazira· the Turkmen-Kurd war across the Jazira and Mosul· al-Mundhiri al-Nabulsi
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.239-241
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p.225-226
- al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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