Map of the Abbasid province of al-Ahwaz and the surrounding regions during the rebellion of the Zanj, from 869 to 883 A.D. All settlements on this map are listed by al-Tabari in his History of the Prophets and Kings, trans. "The History of al-Tabari," volumes 35 through 37. The location of cities and towns that no longer exist were determined using the maps of Le Strange and Popovic in their respective works; their placement on the map should be considered approximate only.
Background topography taken from DEMIS Mapserver, which are public domain.

Works Cited:

Le Strange, Guy. The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905.
Popovic, Alexandre. The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq, in the 3rd/9th Century. Trans. Léon King. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1999. ISBN 1-55876-162-4
Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir. The History of al-Tabari, Volume XXXV: The Crisis of the 'Abbasid Caliphate. By al-Tabari. Ed. Ehsan Yar-Shater. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87395-883-7
-------The History of al-Tabari, Volume XXXVI: The Revolt of the Zanj. Trans. David Waines. Ed. Ehsan Yar-Shater. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992. ISBN 0-7914-0764-0
-------The History of al-Tabari, Volume XXXVII: The 'Abbasid Recovery. Trans. Philip M. Fields. Ed. Ehsan Yar-Shater. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1985. ISBN 0-88706-054-4
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