Abbasid Samarra (irq)

Abbasid Samarra

Abbasid Samarra ranks 2,175th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shumen, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Peć. Memorable people born in Abbasid Samarra include Muhammad al-Mahdi, Al-Mu'tazz, and Al-Mu'tadid. Memorable people who died in Abbasid Samarra include Al-Mu'tasim, Babak Khorramdin, and Al-Mutawakkil. Abbasid Samarra has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Abbasid Samarra is located in Iraq.

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 return of the caliphs to Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia