Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr's sermon in Basra (80 AH)

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Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr's sermon in Basra in 80 AH, when his brother Abdullah made him governor of Iraq. The book opens with Qur'anic verses, whose text is not reproduced here, and the speaker describes what Pharaoh did to the people. ¹

During the sermon he gestures toward the Hijaz, Syria and Iraq, naming the regions, which marks his appeal for support across the provinces. ¹

The book notes that the sermon is recorded in al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin, al-Iqd al-Farid and al-Tabari's history. ¹

Great Mosque of Basra

Basra's congregational mosque; Utba ibn Ghazwan built it of reeds in 14 AH — its layout claimed for himself, Nafi' ibn al-Adhra' al-Bahzi, Nafi' ibn al-Harith, and al-Aswad ibn Sari' who first judged in it — Abu Musa rebuilt it in mud-brick with mushab roofing, then Ziyad enlarged and rebuilt it in fired brick and gypsum with teak roofing, a stone minaret, the first maqsura, and columns hauled from Ahwaz's mountain by al-Hajjaj ibn Utayk and his son; he had pebbles strewn lest hand-dusting pass for sunnah, and the enforcers' harshness bred the saying 'lovely the governorship, even over stones'. Al-Mahdi bought the houses of Nafi' ibn al-Harith, Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra and Rabi'a ibn Kallada into it, and the governor's palace was taken in under al-Rashid.

Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr's sermon in Basra (80 AH)

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