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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, 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
Although the majority of the development in Samarra was located on the east side of the Tigris, several buildings were also constructed on the west bank. Al-Mu'tasim built a bridge across the Tigris and founded developments, orchards and gardens on the west side.
Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city that ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Located on both sides of the River Tigris 130 km north of Baghdad, the length of the site from north to south is 41.5 km; its width varying from 8 km to 4 km.
Sāmarrā (Arabic, سامراء) is a town in Iraq that in ancient times may have been the world's largest city. With its majestic mosques, gardens, and ruins of royal palaces extending 5.6 miles by 21.1 miles along the Tigris River, Samarra is one of four Islamic holy cities in Iraq.
Samarra, a palatial city. by Dr. Matt Saba. The wall surrounding the Great Mosque of Mutawakkil, Samarra, with its spiral minaret in the background (photo: Taisir Mahdi, CC BY-SA 4.0) I still hear that kings build according to their acumen. And I know that the intellects of men are judged through their traces.
Samarra is an ancient city located in the Salah ad Din Governorate of Iraq. It is one of the most important cities in Islamic history, particularly in Shia Islam, due to the presence of the Al-Askari Mosque, which is the final resting place of the tenth and eleventh Imams.
