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Baghdad (Late Abbasid Era)

Type Object Region Iraq Time c. 762–1258

In the early 13th century Baghdad remained the Abbasid caliphate's capital and the Islamic world's scholarly and religious center, governed by a cali…

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  1. 1221–1225Baghdad · BaghdadIn the final years of Caliph al-Nasir's reign, Baghdad maintained the traditional layout of the round capital and the commercial district of Karkh across the river, with the court, madrasas, and Mamluk slave soldiers jointly sustaining the city.
  2. 1225–1226Baghdad · BaghdadAfter al-Nasir's death, al-Zahir succeeded him; power was redistributed between the vizier and military commanders, while religious institutions and the madrasa network continued to expand to consolidate caliphal authority.
  3. 1226–1230Baghdad · BaghdadAyyubid expansion in the Jazira and Syria brought Baghdad new geopolitical pressures; scholarship still flourished within the city, but surrounding princes and the shadow of the Mongol westward advance began to alter Mesopotamia's balance of power.

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