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  2. Round city of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    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 ).

  3. Bab al-Sheikh - Wikipedia

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    However, when Iranian Safavid Shah Isma'il I conquered Baghdad, he destroyed the shrine. [3] In 1534 Baghdad was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman the Magnificent ordered a dome be built over al-Gilani's mausoleum. [4] The area was said to be established by Abbasid Caliph al-Mustazhir (1094-1118 CE) upon building one of the gates of ...

  4. Palace of the Golden Gate - Wikipedia

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    The Round City of Baghdad in the time of Caliph al-Mansur, with the Palace of the Golden Gate in the centre (No. 2) The Palace of the Golden Gate (Arabic: قصر باب الذهب, romanized: Qasr Bāb al-Dhahab) or Palace of the Green Dome (Arabic: قصر القبة الخضراء, romanized: Qasr al-Qubbat al-Khaḍrāʾ) was the official caliphal residence in Baghdad during the early ...

  5. History of Baghdad - Wikipedia

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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. The wall was 80 ft high, crowned with battlements and ...

  6. Bab al-Talsim - Wikipedia

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    When Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered a map to be made of Baghdad in 1534, Bab al-Talsim wasn't included despite the details of the map. [4] In 1638, Ottoman Sultan Murad IV conquered Baghdad, he entered through the gate and had it sailed and closed off. [9] During the late parts of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was losing the war.

  7. Al-Maidan Square - Wikipedia

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    Souk al-Haraj is an old souk that sells many things, old and new. "Haraj" is the Arabic word for chaos. "Haraj" is the Arabic word for chaos. The exact age of the souk is not known to any of its workers or pioneers, but the old stories about it indicate that it is one of the oldest markets in al-Rusafa, and they say that it is even older than ...

  8. Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    Baghdad [note 1] (Arabic: بغداد‎, Baghdād) is the capital and largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab World and forms 22% of the country's population.

  9. Mutanabbi Street - Wikipedia

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    Al-Mutanabbi Street (Arabic: شارع المتنبي) is located in Baghdad, Iraq, near the old quarter of Baghdad; at al-Rashid Street. [1] The street is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls.