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and later added by al-Ḥusain al-Khâdim in the caliphate of ar-Rashîd to al-Aḥwâz. After that, some people unjustly took possession of it and of its farms, in which condition it remained until ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ṭâhir came to Syria and returned it to the crown-lands. Abu-Aiyûb ar-Raḳḳi heard it said that ʿAbd-al-Wâḥid, after whom the Marj was named, was ʿAbd-al-Wâḥid ibn-al-Ḥârith ibn-al-Ḥakam ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi, a cousin of ʿAbd-al-Malik. He owned the Marj, but turned it into a pasture land exclusively for the Moslems. He is the one whom al-Ḳaṭâmi lauded, saying:
"If fate would overlook only ʿAbd-al-Wâḥid,
let not the case of all the other inhabitants of the city grieve thee."
