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Round city of Baghdad. Baghdad was founded on 30 July 762 CE. It was designed by Caliph al-Mansur. [1] According to 11th-century scholar Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi in his History of Baghdad, [2] each course of the city wall consisted of 162,000 bricks for the first third of the wall's height.
1848 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad established. 1849 – Remnants discovered of quay of Nebuchadrezzar, from Babylonian city of Baghdadu. [1] 1861 – Istanbul-Baghdad telegraph line installed. [23] 1865 Basrah-Baghdad telegraph line installed. [23] Alliance Israélite boys' school established. [1] 1869 – Midhat Pasha in power. [9 ...
The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258. A large army commanded by Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after a series of provocations from its ruler, caliph al-Musta'sim. Within a few weeks, Baghdad fell and was sacked by the Mongol army—al-Musta'sim was killed alongside hundreds ...
The name Baghdad is pre-Islamic, and its origin is disputed. [2] The site where the city of Baghdad developed has been populated for millennia. Archaeological evidence shows that the site of Baghdad was occupied by various peoples long before the Arab conquest of Mesopotamia in 637 CE, and several ancient empires had capitals located in the surrounding area.
Governor Al-Shakir Effendi's family in Baghdad, 1901. In the history of Baghdad, the period from 1831 to 1917 began with the fall of the Mamluk state of Iraq in 1831 after the Ottoman Empire occupied the city. [1] It ended with the Fall of Baghdad on 11 March 1917 after the British Empire occupied the city during the First World War.
Baghdad, a city of nearly 9 million, has seen some efforts to restore public parks and cultural spaces, but urban planning has largely overlooked youth-focused projects. ... “Before, we were ...
The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 CE as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was City of Peace ( Arabic : مدينة السلام , romanized : Madīnat as-Salām ).
Switzerland reopened its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday (August 3). This marks the neutral country’s return after more than three decades of closure due to the 1991 Gulf War .