QAṢR IBN HUBAYRAH QAṢR IBN HUBAYRAH (Kasr ibn Hubayrah), town
that was situated south of the ruins of ancient Babylon, west of
the Euphrates (i.e., then its eastern arm, which was known as
the Sura River). Qaẓr ibn Hubayrah was founded by Omar ibn
Hubayrah, the last governor of Babylonia appointed by the G. Le
Strange, The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate (1930), 70f., 83.
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