Contributions of scholars of the city of Qayen during the Abbasid era (132-656 AH)

Abstract

The city of Qayen is one of the cities of Khorasan. It was opened during the reign of Caliph Uthman bin Affan (may God be pleased with him) in the year 29 AH by the Arab leader Abdullah bin Badil bin Warqa. It is like a fern in its size, and Qayen is a Turkish word that means watermelon cantaloupe. It is the largest city in Qahistan and its palace. It has three gates. It is a populous and populated city, and their orchards are few and its villages are scattered. It has Qahnaduz, which is a fortified city with a moat around it and a fort called Numan. It has a Friday mosque with a shrine on it, with a great arch that was not larger than it in Khorasan, and it is not proportional to the size of the mosque. And on all the houses of the city are domes, and in it there is a palace. Sultan, located between Nishapur, Isfahan, and Herat, and is considered one of the fourth provinces of the seven provinces of Khorasan. It is bordered on the eastern and northern side by the city of Wuzan, at a distance of eighteen farsakhs, which the caravan passes in four days, which is arduous. From the south, it is bordered by the city of Herat, at a distance of thirty farsakhs, and from the city of It is a distance away from the city of Cain Two stages, and thus its location is between Nishapur, Isfahan, and Herat, one of the main cities of Khorasan. Its people have character, customs, and traditions that differ from the rest of the cities of Khorasan. Their tongue is brutal and their country is dirty, Their water is little from Al-Qana, which is small, narrow, not pleasant, and the air is cold. From it is carried fine linen, which is the land of Khorasan and a treasury of Kerman. From it is carried the Najahi clay, which is carried to all the horizons for food, and it is a strange white clay. Some medicines are made in it that meet local needs. As for life. Intellectual The city of Cain gave birth to a group of scholars who had a major role in intellectual life, as it is credited with creating many People of knowledge and jurisprudence, and whoever is affiliated with it is called a Qaini and sometimes a Qaini.