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Baghdad (474 words) |
 | Baghdad is situated on the Tigris river, at 33.33°N, 44.44°E. The city was founded in 762 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur, replacing Damascus as the capital of a Muslim empire stretching from North Africa to Persia. |
| Baghdad's early meteoric growth slowed due to troubles within the caliphate, including relocations of the capital to Samarra (during 808-819 and 836-892), the loss of the western and easternmost provinces, and periods of political domination by the Iranian Buyids[?] (945-1055) and Seljuk Turks (1055-1135). |
| In 1534, Baghdad was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. |
| Baghdad Governorate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (340 words) |
| Baghdad Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بغداد Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād) in the nation of Iraq includes the city of Baghdad and the surrounding metropolitan area, including Al Mahmudiyah and the infamous Abu Ghraib. |
| Baghdad governorate is considered one of the more developed parts of Iraq, with a better infrastructure than much of Iraq, though heavily damaged from the invasion in 2003 and continuing violence today. |
| Baghdad, even though considered the most heavily guarded area in Iraq, is still the scene of countless daily ambushes and attacks from Iraqi rebels directed towards Coalition troops. |
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