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The Wells of Mahhak
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Ḥannâṭîn [embalmers'] a well that was later added into the Mosque.

ʿIkrimah well was named after ʿIkrimah ibn-Khâlid ibn-al-ʿÂṣi ibn-Hâshim ibn-al-Mughîrah; ʿAmr well, as well as ʿAmr water-course, after ʿAmr ibn-ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ṣafwân ibn-Umaiyah ibn-Khalaf al-Jumaḥi. Aṭ-Ṭalûb, which lay in the lower part of Makkah, was the property of ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ṣafwân. Ḥuwaiṭib well was named after Ḥuwaiṭib ibn-ʿAbd-al-ʿUzza ibn-abi-Ḳais of banu-ʿÂmir ibn-Luʾai, and it lay in the court of his house at the bottom of the valley. Abu-Mûsa well belonged to abu-Mûsa-l-Ashʿari and lay at al-Maʿlât. Shaudhab well was named after Shaudhab, Muʿâwiyah's freedman, and was later added to the Mosque. Some say that this Shaudhab was the freedman of Ṭâriḳ ibn-ʿAlḳamah ibn-ʿUraij ibn-Jadhimah-l-Kinâni, others that he was the freedman of Nâfiʿ ibn-ʿAlḳamah ibn-Ṣafwân ibn-Umaiyah … ibn-Shiḳḳ al-Kinâni, a maternal uncle of Marwân ibn-al-Ḥakam ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi ibn-Umaiyah. Bakkâr well was named after a man from al-ʿIrâk who lived in Makkah, and it lay in dhu-Ṭuwa; Wardân well after Wardân, a freedman of as-Sâʿib[1] ibn-abi-Wadâʿah ibn-Ḍubairah as-Sahmi. Sirâj drinking place lay in Fakh and belonged to Sirâj, a freedman of the banu-Hâshim. Al-Aswad well was named after al-Aswad ibn-Sufyân … ibn-Makhzûm and lay near the well of Khâliṣah, a freed-maid of al-Mahdi the "Commander of the Believers." Al-Barûd which lay in Fakh belonged to Mukhtarish[2] al-Kaʿbi of [the tribe of] Khuzâʿah.

Certain houses and gardens in Makkah. According to ibn-al-Kalbi, the owner of ibn-ʿAlḳamah house in Makkah was Ṭâriḳ ibn-ʿAlḳamah ibn-ʿUraij ibn-Jadhîmah-l-Kinâni.

  1. Azraḳi, p. 442, gives al-Muṭṭalib; cf. Hishâm, p. 462.
  2. Azraḳi, p. 442, gives Khirâsh.