The aim of his study was to present an account of Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate which included not only the record of conflict and political history of the city, but as much as possible of its ...

An Iraqi professor leading a group of students on a walking tour of Baghdad's historic centre invites them to stop and admire a centuries-old stone wall erected to shield the city from Mongol ...

Wam Over 100 archaeological finds and exquisite artefacts from the first centuries of Umayyad and Abbasid rule, centred on their capitals of Damascus and Baghdad, respectively, are on show in the ...