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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.
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.
Dec 6, 2023 · The ingenious use of extant forms of glass and the application of novel glazing technologies in the architectural ornament of Samarra’s palaces reflects the status of Iraq in the early Abbasid period as the center of a major world empire with a robust economy and thriving intellectual culture.
Oct 3, 2020 · Home to the Great Mosque of Samarra with its iconic Malwiya (Arabic for “twisted”) Minaret, the Samarra Archaeological City was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
Samarra is a city in central Iraq, which served as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892. Founded by the caliph al-Mu'tasim , Samarra was briefly a major metropolis that stretched dozens of kilometers along the east bank of the Tigris , but was largely abandoned in the latter half of the 9th century, especially following the ...
'The Congregational Mosque in Samarra') is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil who reigned (in Samarra) from 847 until 861. At the time of construction, it was the world's largest mosque.
