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Hilla

الحلة

A city in Iraq on the Euphrates near Babylon, passed through by Ibn Jubayr on his way to Syria.

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Levant & Iraq
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Al-Hilla is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates, near Babylon. Ibn Jubayr passed through it on his way to Syria. 1

The coordinates match a modern town of the same name; an additional source is needed to confirm the identification.

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Birthplace of
Nashat Akram
Site of
Death of Sadaqa al-Mazyadidi fighting Sultan Muhammad (501 AH)

People and things also explored

Death of Sadaqa al-Mazyadidi fighting Sultan Muhammad (501 AH)· Nashat Akram

Sources

  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907)
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Hilla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/hilla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Death of Sadaqa al-Mazyadidi fighting Sultan Muhammad (501 AH)

When Sadaqa ibn Mansur sheltered Sarkhab ibn Kaykhusraw and refused to yield him, Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah marched from Baghdad at the end of Rajab 501 AH; Ubada and Khafaja deserted Sadaqa and the Kurds took bribes, so he charged the Turks crying 'I am the king of the Arabs, I am Sadaqa' — an arrow transfixed him and a Turkish ghulam named Barghash pulled him down and killed him, his head borne to Baghdad; three thousand or more of his men were killed and his son Dubays captured.