# Mu'tah
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{{About-distinguish-text|the town in Jordan|[Mut'a](/source/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
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|pushpin_map = Jordan
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [Jordan](/source/Jordan)
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = [Karak Governorate](/source/Karak_Governorate)
|area_metro_km2 =
|area_metro_sq_mi =
|population_as_of = 2015
|population_total = 27426
|population_metro =
|population_footnotes = [{{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}}] is a town in [Karak Governorate](/source/Karak_Governorate) in [Jordan](/source/Jordan). [Mutah University](/source/Mutah_University) is located in the city.[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}]
== Geography ==
Mu'tah is located roughly 8 kilometers south of [Al-Karak](/source/Al-Karak), on the route toward [Tafilah](/source/Tafilah).{{Sfn|Millar|1991|p=119}}
==History==
In [Islamic](/source/Islamic) [tradition](/source/Hadith), it is known for the [Battle of Mu'tah](/source/Battle_of_Mu'tah) in 629 [CE](/source/Common_Era), the first military engagement between the [Arab](/source/Arab) [Muslim](/source/Muslim)s under [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) and the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire). [Mausolea](/source/Mausolea) were built nearby for some of those fallen in said battle, namely [Ja'far ibn Abi Talib](/source/Ja'far_ibn_Abi_Talib), ['Abd Allah ibn Rawahah](/source/'Abd_Allah_ibn_Rawahah), and [Zayd ibn Harithah](/source/Zayd_ibn_Harithah).[[Al-Maqdisi](/source/Al-Maqdisi), p. 178 and [Yaqut](/source/Yaqut_al-Hamawi), IV, p. 677; cited in {{harvnb|Le Strange|1890|pp=509–510}}][[Abu'l-Fida](/source/Abu'l-Fida), p. 247; cited in {{harvnb|Le Strange|1890|p=479}}] An [Ayyubid](/source/Ayyubid_dynasty)/[Mamluk](/source/Mamluk_Sultanate) mosque still stands in the town.{{Sfn|Millar|1991|p=120}}
In 1596 it appeared in the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Syria) [tax registers](/source/Defter) named as ''Muta'', situated in the ''[nahiya](/source/nahiya)'' (subdistrict) of Karak, part of the ''[Sanjak](/source/Sanjak)'' of [Ajlun](/source/Ajlun). It had 14 households; all [Muslim](/source/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](/source/ak%C3%A7e).[Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 171]
==See also==
* [Levant](/source/Levant)
* [Sahaba](/source/Sahaba)
==References==
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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](/source/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
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