[Samarra]/‘Sumere’

settlement · 6200 BC – 2100 AD

Site of a major Islamic capital that controlled the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

[Samarra]/‘Sumere’
Coordinates
34.20012, 43.87673
Also known as
Abū Dulaf Moschee, Abu Dulaf Mosque (arb), Balkuwārā, Balkuwara, Bulkuwara (arb), Bāb Baġdād, Bab Baghdad (arb), Bāb Maltūš, Bab Maltush (arb), Bāb Qāṭūn, Bab Qatun (arb), Bāb al-Bustān, Bab al-Bustan, Bab el-Bustan (arb), Bāb al-ʿĀmma, Bab al-'Amma, Bab al-Amma, Bab el-'Amma, Bab el-Amma (arb), Bāb an-Nāṣirīya, Bab an-Nasiriya, Bab an-Nasiriyah, Bab an-Nasiriyya, Bab an-Nasiriyyah, Bab al-Nasiriya, Bab al-Nasiriyah, Bab al-Nasiriyya, Bab al-Nasiriyyah, Bab en-Nasiriye, Bab en-Nasiriyeh, Bab en-Nasiriyye, Bab en-Nasiriyyeh, Bab el-Nasiriye, Bab el-Nasiriyeh, Bab el-Nasiriyye, Bab el-Nasiriy (arb), Dair Abī Ṣufra, Dair Abi Sufra, Deir Abi Sufra, Dair Abi Sufrah, Deir Abi Sufrah (arb), Dār Abī Dulaf, Dar Abi Dulaf (arb), Dār Afšīn, Dar Afshin (arb), Dār Ašnās, Dar Ashnas (arb), Dār Barmaš, Dar Barmash (arb), Dār Buġa al-Kabīr, Dār Buġā as-Ṣaġīr, Dār Buġā l-Kabīr, Dar Bugha al-Kabir, Dar Bugha el-Kabir (arb), Dār Buġā ṣ-Ṣaġīr, Dar Bugha es-Saghir, Dar Bugha as-Saghir (arb), Dār Hārūn al-Waṯīq, Dar Harun al-Wathiq, Dar Harun el-Wathiq (arb), Dār Sīmā, Dar Sima (arb), Dār Waṣīf al-Qadīm, Dar Wasif al-Qadim, Dar Wasif el-Qadim (arb), Dār al-ʿĀmma, Dar al-'Amma, Dar el-'Amma (arb), Dār al-Ḫilāfa, Dar al-Khilafa, Dar el-Khilafe, Dar al-Khilafah, Dar el-Khilafeh (arb), Dār Ītāḫ, Dar Itakh (arb), Dār Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAbbāsī, Dar Salih al-'Abbasi, Dar Salih el-'Abbasi (arb), Dūr al-ʿArabāyā, Dur al-'Arabaya, Dur al-Arabaya, Dur el-'Arabaya, Dur el-Arabaya (arb), Gr. Moschee von al-Mutawakkil, Große Moschee von al-Mutawakkil, Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil (arb), Gurmarriti (akk), Karḫ Fairūz, Karkh Fairuz (arb), Madīnat ar-Rašīd, Madinat ar-Rashid, Madinat al-Rashid, Medinat er-Rashid, Medinat el-Rashid (arb), Marqad al-Imāmain, Marqad al-Imamain, Marqad el-Imamein, Marqad al-Imamayn, Marqad el-Imameyn (arb), Qalʿat al-Māḥūza, Qal'at al-Mahuza, Qal'at el-Mahuze (arb), Qanṭarat ar-Raṣāṣ, Qantarat ar-Rasas, Qantarat al-Rasas, Qantarat er-Rasas, Qantarat el-Rasas (arb), Qatīʿat al-Ḥasan Ibn Sahl, Qati'at al-Hasan Ibn Sahl, Qati'at el-Hasan Ibn Sahl (arb), Qaṣr Balkuwārā, Qasr Balkuwara (arb), Qaṣr al-Mutawakkil (arb), Qaṣr al-Ǧuṣṣ (arb), Qaṣr al-ʿArūs, Qasr al-'Arus, Qasr al-Arus (arb), Qaṣr al-ʿĀšiq, Qasr al-'Ashiq, Qasr al-Ashiq, Qasr el-'Ashiq, Qasr el-Ashiq, al-'Ashiq (arb), Qaṣr al-Ḫalīfa, Qasr al-Khalifa, Qasr al-Khalifah, Qasr el-Khalife, Qasr el-Khalifeh (arb), Qaṣr at-Tall, Qasr at-Tall, Qasr al-Tall, Qasr et-Tell, Qasr el-Tell (arb)
Dating
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