ʿÎsâbâdh, from ʿÎsa ibn-al-Mahdi.[1]
Ḳaṣr ʿAbdawaih standing opposite Barâtha, from ʿAbdawaih, a notable of the Azd.
Al-Manṣûr assigned as fief to Sulaimân ibn-Mujâlid the site of his home; to Muhalhil ibn-Ṣafwân, after whom Darb Muhalhil is named, a special fief; to ʿUmârah ibn-Ḥamzah, the quarter that bears his name; to Maimûn abu-Bishr after whom Ṭâḳât Bishr are named, a special fief near Bustân al-Ḳass;[2] to Shubail, his freedman, a fief near Dâr Yaḳṭîn; to umm-ʿUbaidah, a freedmaid of Muḥammad ibn-ʿAli, a fief; to Munîrah, a freedmaid of Muḥammad ibn-ʿAli and after whom Darb Munîrah and Khân [inn] Munîrah are named, a special fief; and to Raisânah[3] a spot known by the name of Masjid bani-Raghbân.[4]
Darb [path] Mihrawaih takes its name from Mihrawaih ar-Râzi who was one of the captives of Sinfâdh and was set free by al-Mahdi.
The city a residence for the caliphs. Al-Manṣûr lived in Madînat as-Salâm to the last days of his caliphate. He made a pilgrimage from it and died in Makkah. The city was then occupied by the caliph al-Mahdi. Later, al-Mahdi left for Mâsabadhân, where he died. Most of the time he spent in Madînat as-Salâm was passed in palaces he built at ʿÎsâbâdh.
Madînat as-Salâm was then occupied by al-Hâdi Mûsa ibn-al-Mahdi, who died in it. Ar-Rashîd Hârûn also resided in it, and later left it for ar-Râfiḳah where he stayed for a while and then departed for Khurâsân, and died at Ṭûs. The city became after that the residence of Muḥammad ibn-ar-Rashîd, who was slain in it.
