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al-Madāʾin
(1,246 words)
Al-Madāʾin (lit. “the cities”; plural of
al-madīna), derived from the Aramaic “Māḥozē” or “Medinātā,” was the Arabic name given to a Sāsānian metropolis composed of several adjacent cities. Located on both sides of the Tigris river, about 20 miles southeast of ʿAbbāsid Baghdad, the metropolis was the imperial administrative capital of the Sāsānian Empire (224–651 C.E.) and the winter residence of the Sāsānian kings. At the time of the Muslim conquest in 16/637 al-Madāʾin had a large and diverse popula…
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-07-19
