Al-Ubulla (Arabic: الأبلة), called Apologou (Greek: 'Απολόγου 'Εμπόριον) by the Greeks in the pre-Islamic period, was a port city at the head of the Persian...

The Zanj occupation of al-Ubulla (Arabic: دخول الزنج الأبلة) was an event of the Zanj Rebellion, occurring on June 28, 870. Zanj troops dispatched by...

important canals linking Basra with the Tigris River. These were the al-Ubulla River and the Ma'qil River. The two canals were the basis for the agricultural...

that al-Ubulla would be a better target. As a result, he recalled his men and ordered them to head toward that city instead. Upon arriving at al-Ubulla, the...

Euphrates. To reach the Persian Gulf from al-Hirah, the Lakhmids traveled in smaller boats to the port in al-Ubulla (where there were sea ships bound for...

which served as replacement of Rishar port that situated south of Al-Ubulla . Al-Ubulla were notable due to the city linens and shipbuilding production...

Fars, Makran and Sindh. They were the chief merchant group of Oman and Al-Ubulla, who organized a trading diaspora with settlements of Persianized Arabians...

governor.[citation needed] He began building two important canals, the al-Ubulla and the Ma'qil, linking Basra with the Tigris River. These two canals...

in southern Iraq, around the port of al-Ubulla, and neighboring Khuzistan. The commander there, Utba ibn Ghazwan al-Mazini, was married into the Thaqif...

several towns and villages were occupied or sacked, including al-Ubulla in 870 and Suq al-Ahwaz in 871. Basra fell in September 871 following an extended...