Baghdad

Baghdad (PersieA Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. MacKenzie. Routledge Publications 2000Guy Le Strange, Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian, p. 10; , , ) is the caipital o Iraq an o Baghdad Province, wi whilk it is coterminous. Haein a population estimatit atween 7 an 7.5 million, it is the lairgest ceety in Iraq an the seicont lairgest ceety in the Arab Warld (efter Cairo, Egyp).

Locatit on the River Tigris, the ceety dates back tae the 8t century. Baghdad haes a past as a centre o the Arab an Muslim warld especially durin the Abbasid Caliphate.

 Sister ceeties 
  Amman, Jordan
  Beirut, Lebanon
  Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
  Sana'a, YemenIraqi capital of Baghdad twinned with North Yemen counterpart of Sanaa [Yemen news items 1989:Twinning]
  Nishapur, Iranhttp://www.neishabourcity.com/shahrdari/index.php 
  Pyongyang, North Korea 
  Basra, Iraq

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Category:Iraqi cultur
Category:History o Iraq
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Category:Historic Jewish commonties