Founding of Baghdad

Name: Founding of Baghdad
Start: 762
End: 766

Type Event Region Iraq Time 762–766

In 762 CE Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur founded the round capital of Baghdad on the Tigris, also known as the 'City of Peace';…

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762Baghdad (City of Peace) · IraqCaliph al-Mansur personally chose a site on the west bank of the Tigris and conscripted craftsmen to build a rigorously planned round capital, symbolizing the Abbasid regime's central position and cosmic order.
763–766Baghdad · IraqThe round walls, palaces, and mosque were successively completed, the court and administrative organs moved in, and Baghdad formally became the capital of the Abbasid Empire, attracting merchants and scholars.

Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood — Justin Marozzi (2014)
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2