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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

The site of Dâr ʿÎsa ibn-Mûsa belonged to al-ʿAlâʾ ibn-ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân … ibn-ʿAbd-Manâf.

There is a path in al-Kûfah named after ʿAmîrah ibn-Shihâb. …

Ṣaḥrâʾ Shabath, after Shabath ibn-Ribʿi ar-Riyâḥi of the banu-Tamîm.

Dâr Ḥujair in al-Kûfah, after Ḥujair ibn-al-Jaʿd al-Jumaḥi.

Biʾr [well] al-Mubârik [Mubarak ?], after al-Mubârik [Mubarak ?] ibn-ʿIkrimah ibn-Ḥumairi [Ḥimyari ?]-l-Juʿfi.

Raḥa [hand-mill] ʿUmârah, after ʿUmârah ibn-ʿUḳbah … ibn-Umaiyah.

Jabbânat Sâlim, after Sâlim ibn-ʿAmmâr … ibn-Hawâzin.

Ṣaḥrâʾ Albardakht, after the poet Albardakht aḍ-Ḍabbi.

Masjid bani-ʿAnz, after the banu-ʿAnz ibn-Wâʾil ibn-Ḳâsiṭ.

Masjid bani-Jadhîmah, after the banu-Jadhîmah ibn-Mâlik ibn-Naṣr … ibn-Asad.

There is a mosque in al-Kûfah named after the banu-l-Maḳâṣif.

Masjid bani-Bahdalah, after the banu-Bahdalah ibn-al-Mithl ibn-Muʿâwiyah of the Kindah.

Biʾr al-Jaʿd in al-Kûfah, after al-Jaʿd, a freedman of Hamdân.

Dâr abi-Arṭât, after Arṭât ibn-Mâlik al-Bajali.

Dâr al-Muḳaṭṭaʿ, after al-Muḳaṭṭaʿ ibn-Sunain al-Kalbi.

Ḳaṣr al-ʿAdasîyîn at the extremity of al-Ḥîrah, after the banu-ʿAmmâr ibn-ʿAbd-al-Masîḥ. …

The cathedral mosque in al-Kûfah was built with material taken from the ruins of the castles in al-Ḥîrah that belonged to the al-Mundhir clan, the price of that material constituting a part of the tax paid by the people of al-Ḥîrah.

Sikkat al-Barîd [post-office] in al-Kûfah was once a