9 results for “basra”
Clear filter... juristic and theological schools. The founding of Kufa and Basra transformed the character of the Iraqi conquest from a mili...
Utba ibn Ghazwan established Basra as the southern garrison city for the Iraqi campaigns, at t...
...in his home in Medina by rebel groups from Egypt, Kufa, and Basra, who accused his administration of nepotism and misrule. Af...
...e first armed conflict between Muslim factions, fought near Basra. Aisha (the mother of the believers), Talha ibn Ubaydullah,...
...ity of Wasit as his administrative capital between Kufa and Basra. He also reportedly played a role in the early standardizat...
...Hurmuz ibn Hurmuz assembled a large force at Ubulla (modern Basra area) to repel the Muslim advance. Khalid engaged the Persi...
...hed the Islamic calendar, created the diwan system, founded Basra and Kufa, and established the office of Qadi. His just rule...
...who translated Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic, was executed in Basra. His work established Arabic as a language of sophisticated...
Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work ...