east side, a palace was built for him by al-Manṣûr's order; the one variously known as Ḳaṣr al-Waḍḍâḥ, Ḳaṣr al-Mahdi and ash-Sharḳîyah.[1] It lay on the other side of Bâb al-Karkh. Al-Waḍḍâḥ, after whom it is sometimes called, was a man from al-Anbâr who had charge of the expenses.
Al-Manṣûr as a builder. Al-Manṣûr built the two mosques of Madînat as-Salâm and the new bridge over aṣ-Ṣarât [canal]. The site of the city he bought from the owners of the villages of Bâdûraîya, Ḳaṭrabbul [or Ḳuṭrubbul], Nahr Bûḳ and Nahr Bin. He gave the city as fief to members of his household, his generals, soldiers, companions and secretaries. He made the meeting place of the streets at al-Karkh, and ordered the merchants to build their shops and held them responsible for the rent.[2]
Places of interest in Baghdâd.[3] The al-Mukharrim quarter[4] in Baghdâdh takes its name from Mukharrim ibn-Shuraiḥ[5] ibn-Ḥazn al-Ḥârithi.
The Ḳanṭarat al-Baradân quarter, from as-Sari ibn-al-Ḥuṭaim,[6] the builder of al-Ḥuṭamîyah.
Aṣ-Ṣâliḥîyah, from Ṣâliḥ ibn-al-Manṣûr.
Al-Ḥarbîyah, from Ḥarb ibn-ʿAbdallâh al-Balkhi,[7] the commander of the guard in al-Mauṣil under Jaʿfar ibn-abi-Jaʿfar.
Az-Zuhairîyah or Bâb at-Tibn, from Zuhair ibn-Muḥammad of the inhabitants of Abîward.
- ↑ i. e., "the oriental palace ". Yaʿḳûbi, p. 245.
- ↑ Ar. ghallah == rent paid for buildings standing on the property of the state.
- ↑ The following list is an abridged form of the original.
- ↑ Le Strange, pp. 217–230.
- ↑ Duraid, p. 238, omits "ibn-Shuraiḥ".
- ↑ Marâṣid, vol. ii, p. 453: "as-Surai ibn-al-Ḥuṭam".
- ↑ Cf. Maḥâsin, vol. i, p. 307.
