{{About-distinguish-text|the town in Jordan|Mut'a, the temporary marriage}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = City of Mu'tah |native_name = {{lang|ar|مَدِينَة مُؤْتَة}} |nickname = |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = Main street of Mu'tah.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Jordan |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Jordan |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Karak Governorate |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2015 |population_total = 27426 |population_metro = |population_footnotes = <ref name="DOPS2015"/> |timezone = GMT +2 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|31|6|N|35|42|E|region:JO|display=inline}} |grid_position = 216/055 |area_code = +(962)2 |elevation_m = 820 |elevation_ft = }}

'''Mu'tah''' ({{langx|ar|مُؤْتَة}}, ''{{Transliteration|ar|Muʿtah}}'')<ref name="DOPS2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/population/census2015/No_of_pop_depand_on_GOV.pdf |format= |title=The General Census - 2015 |publisher=Department of Population Statistics}}</ref> is a town in Karak Governorate in Jordan. Mutah University is located in the city.<ref name="MutahHumanities">{{cite web |url=http://www.mutah.edu.jo/dar/humj.htm |title=Humanities and Social Sciences Series |publisher=Mutah.edu.jo |date=2010-03-07 |access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref><ref name="MutahNatural">{{cite web |url=http://www.mutah.edu.jo/dar/sciej.htm |title=Natural and Applied Sciences Series |publisher=Mutah.edu.jo |date=2010-03-07 |access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref><ref name="MutahJordan">{{cite web |url=http://www.mutah.edu.jo/dar/jjour.htm |title=Jordan Journal of Arabic Language and Literature |publisher=Mutah.edu.jo |date=2010-03-07 |access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref>

== Geography == Mu'tah is located roughly 8 kilometers south of Al-Karak, on the route toward Tafilah.{{Sfn|Millar|1991|p=119}}

==History== In Islamic tradition, it is known for the Battle of Mu'tah in 629 CE, the first military engagement between the Arab Muslims under Muhammad and the Byzantine Empire. Mausolea were built nearby for some of those fallen in said battle, namely Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, and Zayd ibn Harithah.<ref>Al-Maqdisi, p. 178 and Yaqut, IV, p. 677; cited in {{harvnb|Le Strange|1890|pp=509–510}}</ref><ref>Abu'l-Fida, p. 247; cited in {{harvnb|Le Strange|1890|p=479}}</ref> An Ayyubid/Mamluk mosque still stands in the town.{{Sfn|Millar|1991|p=120}}

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as ''Muta'', situated in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Karak, part of the ''Sanjak'' of Ajlun. It had 14 households; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees/vineyards/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 6,000 akçe.<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 171</ref>

==See also== * Levant * Sahaba

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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth|first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth |first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}} *{{cite book |title=Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 |url=https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft |first=G. |last=Le Strange |author-link=Guy Le Strange |year=1890 |publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}} * {{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=J. M. |title=Archaeological Survey of the Kerak Plateau: Conducted during 1978–1982 under the Direction of J. Maxwell Miller and Jack M. Pinkerton |publisher=Scholars Press |year=1991 |location=Atlanta, GA}}

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Category:Populated places in Karak Governorate