At a glance
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Summary
A district in the land of Basra in Iraq. According to Ibn Ishaq, Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed al-Nu'man ibn Adi over it. 1
Location
The museum has not yet recorded information about this place's location.
In the museum
The museum's material on this place includes events that took place here: 1.
Events that took place here
What this page covers
This page gathers what the museum links to the place: events, people and buildings. It is not a full historical description of the place. A description of the place and its history will be added from primary sources in the coming batches.
Connections
People and things also explored
Umar dismisses al-Nu'man ibn Adi from Maysan· Verses attributed to al-Numan ibn Adi at Maysan· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Abu al-Hasan al-Basri· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Al-Nu'man ibn Adi· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Conquest of Maysan
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/9
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Maysan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/maysan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.