SÄmarrÄʾ at a glance
About the main reason of build SÄmarrÄʾ, Ibn AthÄ«r (one of the famous historians) wrote:
In 220 AH, MuÊ¿taá¹£im went to SÄmarrÄʾ to build a city there. He did so because he had mentioned,
‘I am afraid of armies! If they rebel, they will kill all of slaves. I prefer to be in a location which I can overlook them.’