Caliphal Involvement in Water Provision in the Cities of the Early Abbasid Period

Water management was crucial to the functioning of large early Islamic cities like Baghdad and Basra. In Abbasid-period sources, the caliph appears in multiple roles related to water management. This study investigates when and how caliphs became involved in water management during the early Abbasid...

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Subtitles:Managing and Understanding Water in the Abbasid Caliphate
Main Author: Bent, Josephine van den (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-35
Further subjects:B Samarra
B water management
B Darb Zubayda
B Baghdad
B Basra
B Caliph
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