Trip to Old Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq, and the center of Baghdad province with a population of about 10 million people, This makes it the largest city in Iraq and the second largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It ranks 40th globally in terms of population. The city is the economic, administrative and educational center of the country.

is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris river. In 762 AD, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the “Center of Learning”

رحلة الى بغداد

A view from above of the Ziggurat

Dur-Kurigalzu `Aqar-Qūf in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq was a city in southern Mesopotamia, west of the center of Baghdad. It was founded by a Kassite king of Babylon, Kurigalzu I (died c. 1375 BC) and was abandoned after the fall of the Kassite dynasty (c. 1155 BC). The city was of such importance that it appeared on toponym lists in the funerary temple of the Egyptian pharaoh, Amenophis III (c. 1351 BC) at Kom el-Hettan” The prefix Dur is an Akkadian term meaning “fortress of”, while the Kassite royal name Kurigalzu is believed to have meant “shepherd of the Kassites The tradition of naming new towns Dur dates back to the Old Babylonian period with an example being Dūr-Ammī-ditāna. The city contained a ziggurat and temples dedicated to Mesopotamian gods, as well as a royal palace which covered 420,000 square meters.

Tower of Akeruf

Photograph depicting a view of Taq-i Kisra from the south west, Ctesiphon,baghdad

Photograph depicting the sahn of a madrasah Al Mustansiriya in Baghdad

Talisman Gate back sid

Baghdad (Iraq) view of courtyard and large iwan with inscription, Mirjaniyya Madrasa

Baghdad (Iraq) Mirjaniyya Madrasa view southwest toward domes over prayer hall

Baghdad (Iraq) view of courtyard Khulafa Mosque

Baghdad (Iraq) view of courtyard with minaret in background, Suq al-Ghazl Mosque (today’s Khulafa’ Mosque

Building the round boats called Kufas on shore of Tigris near Bagdad

families of the well-to-do at the wharf Bagdad

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Shrine

Baghdad (Iraq) view of dome over prayer hall and minaret from nearby roof, Ahmadiyya Mosque

Interior view of dome of Mausoleum of Sitt Zubayda

Iraq, man at base of column

Photograph depicting the dome of a mausoleum in Baghdad, Iraq

Photograph depicting the mausoleum of Shaykh Omar in Baghdad, Iraq.

Photograph depicting the mausoleum of Shaykh Omar in Baghdad, Iraq.

Mashhad al-Kazimiya

Mashhad al-Kazimiya Religious Dignitaries in front of Entrance Portal

Kadimain

Iraq. Kadimain, The mosque. Seen through the main street entrance showing fine arabesque work

[Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. The Katah Bridge. Over the Tigris River looking

at the palace etc., Baghdad, 4 men, 3 in tails

at the palace etc., Baghdad, army band

at the palace etc., Baghdad, Greek andor Russian andor Armenian priests

Iraq unidentified man in military uniform on a riverside balcony probably in Baghdad

Baghdad (Iraq) view across Lower Bridge, toward Jami’ al-Wazir and quay outside of Mustansiriyya Madrasa

Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. The Tigris. Method of boarding a ghuffa

Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. Iraq types. Coming off the Katah Bridg

statue of Maude on horse

Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. The Katah Bridge. Over the Tigris River

Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. The Tigris. Close up of a ghuffa. Freshly tarred and riverworthy

Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. The Tigris. Dwellings on river wall. Raised well above river’s high water mark on E. bank