[DOC] [TLE] Baghdad - Wikipedia [PAR] Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, as of 
2011, .... Mansur believed that Baghdad was the perfect city to be the capital of 
the Islamic .... Mongol conquest of Baghdad; Siege of Baghdad (1401), by 
Tamerlane ... In 1401, Baghdad was again sacked, by the Central Asian Turkic 
conqueror... [DOC] [TLE] Timur - Wikipedia [PAR] Timur historically known as Tamerlane was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the 
founder of the ... Timur was born in Transoxiana near the city of Kesh (modern 
Shahrisabz, .... We now number fifty to sixty men, so let us elect a leader. ..... an 
empire that, in modern times, extends from southeastern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and 
Iran,... [DOC] [TLE] History of Baghdad - Wikipedia [PAR] The city of Baghdad (Arabic:      Badd) was founded in the mid 8th century 
as the Abbasid capital, following the Abbasid victory over the Umayyad Caliphate
. It replaced the Sassanid capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon some 35 km to the ... As 
the capital of the modern Republic of Iraq, Baghdad has a metropolitan area... [DOC] [TLE] 1401-1405 - Tamerlane - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Sep 7, 2011 ... Subscribe Now ! ... In 1401 a Mongol, Tamerlane (Timur-i-leng or Timur the Lame
, ... prince of Samarkand [in modern Uzbekistan], sacked Baghdad and ... Islamic 
scholarship and Islamic arts everywhere except in his capital, Samarkand. ... In 
1409 Khalii Shah died; and the story goes that Shadu '1-Mulk... [DOC] [TLE] Invaders - The New Yorker [PAR] Apr 25, 2005 ... The cities in which Mongol history took place were often the same ones I'd ... 
Reading about the Iraq war seemed to segue unavoidably into .... the factional 
disputes that had come up in Islam's previous capital cities of ..... In 1401, 
however, they did, and Tamerlane gave the city a trashing .... Subscribe Now. [DOC] [TLE] In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of ... [PAR] Aug 16, 2014 ... ... who comprehensively sacked the city in 1401, leaving 120 towers containing ... 
Hulagu Khan, founder of the Ilkhanate empire that encompassed Iran, ... Writing 
back to Hulagu, he dismissed the wild ambition of a young man, .... of IS were to 
capture the quintessential Islamic city that is the Iraqi capital,... [DOC] [TLE] Iraq Significant Site 015 - Baghdad - Bab al-Wastani (Wastani Gate) [PAR] Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to pre-Islamic times. ... or Wastani 
Gate, is the last significant remnant of the medieval wall that once encircled 
Baghdad. In the northeastern corner of the old medieval wall within what is now 
central ... Sacked again by Timur ("Tamerlane") in 1401, Baghdad became a 
provincial... [DOC] [TLE] Iraq Significant Site 011 - Baghdad - Al-Kadhimayn Mosque and ... [PAR] Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to pre-Islamic times. .... From that 
time on the shrine was called al Maqbarah al Jadidah meaning the new tomb. ... 
The Kazimiyyah shrine is now situated in a western neighborhood of Baghdad ... 
Sacked again by Timur ("Tamerlane") in 1401, Baghdad became a provincial... [DOC] [TLE] Baghdad | national capital, Iraq | Britannica.com [PAR] City, capital of Iraq and capital of Baghdad governorate, central Iraq. ... 
Recreational centres include two islands in the Tigris that have swimming pools 
and cafs, ... Its length extends between two former city gates, Al-Muaam 
Gate, now ..... In 1401 the city underwent yet another sack, by Timur (Tamerlane), 
after which it... [DOC] [TLE] Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi, review ... [PAR] Jun 20, 2014 ... After Tamerlane sacked Baghdad in 1401 the city never recovered its ... They left 
an important legacy in the form of the National Museum of Iraq. ... Many Sunnis 
are unwilling to accept that their domination of the capital is over and that a Shia, 
... The Isis forces

Question: In 1401 Tamerlane sacked this city that's now the capital of Iraq
Answer: Baghdad