English: Map of the central Abbasid caliphate 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.

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