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Islamic history in Iraq
Researched 360° places of Islamic history across Iraq — each with its date, location, and Sunni-sourced background.
20 places
Former Prophets
Yunus and Nineveh Repenting
The time of Yunus (peace be upon him), at Nineveh
Nineveh (opposite Mosul), northern Iraq
Sirah
The Letter to Khosrow
c. 6-7 AH / 628 CE
The hall of Khosrow at Ctesiphon (al-Mada'in), on the Tigris
Rashidun
The Surrender of al-Hira
12 AH / 633 CE
al-Hira, on the lower Euphrates near later Kufa, southern Iraq
Rashidun
The Fall of Ctesiphon
16-21 AH / 637-642 CE
Ctesiphon (al-Mada'in), on the Tigris south of later Baghdad, Iraq
Rashidun
The Founding of Kufa
17 AH / 638 CE
Kufa, west bank of the Euphrates, central Mesopotamia
Rashidun
Nahavand, The Victory of Victories
c. 21 AH / 642 CE
Nahavand, the Zagros highlands of Media (al-Jibal)
Umayyad
Karbala, The Blocked Euphrates
61 AH / 680 CE
Plain of Karbala, west of the Euphrates
Abbasid
The Battle of the Great Zab
Jumada II 132 AH / Jan 750 CE
The Great Zab river, near its confluence with the Tigris, northern Iraq
Abbasid
The Academy of Jundishapur
c. 143 AH / 760 CE
Jundishapur (Gundeshapur), in Khuzistan
Abbasid
The Founding of the Round City of Baghdad
145 AH / 762 CE
The west bank of the Tigris, the site of the Round City (Madinat al-Salam)
Abbasid
The Stationers' Market of Baghdad
c. 215 AH / 830 CE
Suq al-Warraqin, Baghdad
Abbasid
The House of Wisdom
c. 215 AH / 830 CE
Baghdad, the round city of the Abbasids on the Tigris
Abbasid
The Mihna and the Stand of Imam Ahmad
The Mihna (218-234 AH / 833-848 CE)
Baghdad, the Abbasid capital
Abbasid
The Banu Musa and the Ingenious Devices
c. 236 AH / 850 CE
Baghdad, the Abbasid capital on the Tigris
Abbasid
The Malwiya at Samarra
241 AH / 855-856 CE
Samarra (Surra Man Ra'a), Abbasid capital on the Tigris
Buyid
The Buyids Take Power in Baghdad
Jumada I 334 AH / 945 CE
Baghdad, a palace terrace on the Tigris
Seljuk
The Seljuks Enter Baghdad
Ramadan 447 AH / 1055 CE
Baghdad, a gate on the Tigris
Seljuk
The Nizamiyya College of Baghdad
459 AH / 1067 CE
Baghdad, the Nizamiyya madrasa
Abbasid
The Mustansiriyya Madrasa
631 AH / 1234 CE
The Mustansiriyya, on the Tigris, Baghdad
Abbasid
Tigris Shore After the Sack of Baghdad
656 AH / 1258 CE
Tigris riverbank, Baghdad