Throughout history, many cities have emerged as centres of global trade and influence. Baghdad, for example, was a hub of <a ...

Imam Muhammad Taqi (AS), better known as Al-Jawad (AS) (‘The Generous’), was born in Medina in 811 AD. He was killed by the ...

History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. But Buddhism ...

Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw an era of Islamic military dominance... city-building… brilliant scholarship, and technological ...

During its golden era, Iraq was the heart of the Abbasid Caliphate, excelling in trade, culture, and technology. Its capital, Baghdad, was the region's most prosperous city. However, Iraq's decline ...

This Muslim country was once the center of the Abbasid Caliphate and a hub of knowledge until the 15th century. It flourished ...

I don't know why the idea of culture swirling in such a way ... then a parity of essential input. Without the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad, would we have had Aquinas, the Renaissance scholars ...

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Baghdad's first general hospital in nearly 40 years, Al-Shaab General Hospital, was been inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani. The 246-bed facility, a long-stalled project ...