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The city's population grew from an estimated 145,000 in 1900 to 580,000 in 1950. During the 1970s, Baghdad experienced a period of prosperity and growth because of a sharp increase in the price of petroleum, Iraq's main export. New infrastructure including modern sewers, water, and highway facilities were built during this period. Baghdad in ...
Baghdad [note 1] (Arabic: بغداد, Baghdād) is the capital and largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab World and forms 22% of the country's population.
1981 – National Film Center and Saddam Hussein Gymnasium (now Baghdad Gymnasium) built. [4] 1982 Saddam International Airport, Al Rasheed Hotel, Palestine Meridien Hotel, and Baghdad Conference Palace [4] built. Ishtar Sheraton Hotel opens. The Monument to the Unknown Soldier inaugurated. [34] 1983 – Al-Shaheed Monument built. [4] 1985
The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur in 762–766 CE as the official residence of the Abbasid court. Its official name in Abbasid times was City of Peace (Arabic: مدينة السلام, romanized: Madīnat as-Salām).
In 750, the Abbasid dynasty replaced the Umayyad as the ruling dynasty of the Islamic Empire, and, in 762, the Caliph al-Mansur (r. 754–775) built Baghdad and made it his capital instead of Damascus. Baghdad's location and cosmopolitan population made the perfect location for a stable commercial and intellectual center. [18]
Khaseki mosque built [8] City besieged [9] 1689 An earthquake happens in Baghdad [4] The plague and Drought spreads in Baghdad [10] 1690 – A plague was spreading in Baghdad the second time for less than one year [10] 1702 – An earthquake happened in Baghdad on 15 July 1702 [4]
In the history of Baghdad, ... 1909 – Cinema built. [12] 1911 – Ottoman XIII Corps headquartered in Baghdad. 1912 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).
The Round City of Baghdad in the time of Caliph al-Mansur, with the Palace of the Golden Gate in the centre (No. 2) The Palace of the Golden Gate (Arabic: قصر باب الذهب, romanized: Qasr Bāb al-Dhahab) or Palace of the Green Dome (Arabic: قصر القبة الخضراء, romanized: Qasr al-Qubbat al-Khaḍrāʾ) was the official caliphal residence in Baghdad during the early ...