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- Samarra is a city in central Iraq, which served as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892.
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Samarra (Arabic: سَامَرَّاء, Sāmarrāʾ) is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. [1]
Samarra is a city in central Iraq, which served as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892.
The ancient capital of Samarra dating from 836-892 provides outstanding evidence of the Abbasid Caliphate which was the major Islamic empire of the period, extending from Tunisia to Central Asia.
The quotation above comes from a poem by Ali ibn al-Jahm celebrating one of the many palaces built in the city of Samarra, the capital of the Abbasid Empire from 836 to 892 C.E. [1] The Abbasid caliphs spared no expense to build a palatial city of grand buildings and sprawling residential complexes, defined by their monumental scale and ...
Samarra, town, Salah al-Din muhafazah (governorate), central Iraq. From 836 to 892 it was the capital of the Abbasid empire. It is a pilgrimage centre for Shi’i Muslims and the site of the shrine to Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari, the 11th and 12th imams.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Samarra: Abbasid capital. Some 125 km from Baghdad, in Iraq, is one of the best-preserved medieval towns: Samarra. From a microsociety of soldiers, the city became a Muslim capital in the 8 th and 9 th centuries, thanks to the successive presence of eight caliphates.
Samarra Archaeological City comprises the remains of an ancient large city that was a capital of the Abbasid Empire. It testifies to the architectural and artistic innovations that developed there and spread to the other regions of the Islamic world, such as carved stucco and a new type of ceramic.
