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Wasit

Coordinates:32°11′17″N46°17′53″E / 32.188°N 46.298°E /32.188; 46.298
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Ancient city in Iraq
For other uses, seeWasit (disambiguation).
Wasit
وَاسِط
Gate of Sharabai School in Wasit
Wasit is located in Iraq
Wasit
Shown within Iraq
LocationIraq
RegionWasit Governorate
Coordinates32°11′17″N46°17′53″E / 32.188°N 46.298°E /32.188; 46.298
History
CulturesIslamic Caliphate
(Islamic Golden Age)

Wasit (Arabic:وَاسِط,romanizedWāsiṭ,Syriac:‎ܘܐܣܛ) was an early Islamic city in Iraq. It was founded in the 8th century by theUmayyad viceroy of Iraq,al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, to serve as the region's seat and as thegarrison of theSyrian troops who enforced Umayyad rule there. It was situated between the two traditional administrative centers and garrisons of Iraq,Kufa andBasra, hence its nameWasit (lit.'middle'). The city was abandoned centuries later and its ruins are located in the eponymousWasit Governorate, southeast ofKut in southeasternIraq.

History

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The city was built byal-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf in c. 702 CE on the west bank of theTigris across from the historical city ofKashkar.[1] Al-Hajjaj is said to have taken the doors for the citadel and the main mosque fromZanzaward.[2] Al-Hajjaj died in Wasit in 714.

To quote UNESCO:[3]

Wasit is an Islamic city built in the last quarter of the first Hijri century (7th century CE) by Al-Hajaj bin Yousif Al-Thaqafi, as an administrative centre for Iraq. As an ancient city its circumference is 16 kilometres. It was abandoned in the tenth Hijri century (16th century CE), after the change in the course of the riverTigris. Its remains stood sound and safe due to its distance from constructive and agricultural influence. Most of its buildings are of bricks. A survey was carried out from 1936 to 1942, and another in 1985. The large mosque was cleared out in four stages from the seventh hijri, to the first hijri century, with some parts of its emirate house which is next to the mosque at the qibli side. A building known as the minaret was excavated, including a tomb and a school dating back to the seventh hijri century, a residence district was also cleared out in the late 1930s. Conservation has been carried out on some parts of the minaret due to the walls been worn out, but no real maintenance has been undertaken.

Ibn Battuta visited during his travels, noting "It has fine quarters and an abundance of orchards and fruit trees, and is famed for its notable men, the living teachers among whom furnish lessons for meditation." It was agarrison town, halfway betweenKufa andBasra, hence its name.[4]

World Heritage status

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This site was added to theUNESCOWorld Heritage Tentative List on September 7, 2000, in the Cultural category.[5]

References

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  1. ^Mirecki, BeDuhn; Jason, Paul Allan (2007).Frontiers of faith: the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus. BRILL. p. 10.ISBN 978-90-04-16180-1.
  2. ^Michael G. Morony (2005).Iraq After the Muslim Conquest. Gorgias Press. Retrieved2014-01-06.
  3. ^Centre, UNESCO World Heritage."Wasit".UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved2023-04-25.
  4. ^Battutah, Ibn (2002).The Travels of Ibn Battutah. London: Picador. pp. 59, 303.ISBN 9780330418799.
  5. ^Wasit - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-24.
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