Al-Murjaniya School, which is known today as the Murjan Mosque, is located in Al-Shorja area on Al-Rasheed Street and was named as such for Amin al-Din Murjan, who built it in the year 758 AH / 1357 AD, that is, about a hundred years after the end of the Abbasid era. Its first period was …
One of the important buildings in Baghdad from the second Abbasid era near Bab al-Moadham on the river side. Researchers attribute its construction to the Caliph Al-Nasir Li-Din Allah 575 AH – 623 AH, as in his time, some landmarks were built in Baghdad. The structure of the palace is a central courtyard and two-floor …
It was one of the most important universities in the Islamic world in the Abbasid era. It gained special importance for teaching Arabic, religious sciences, astronomy, mathematics, medicine and pharmacy, and it included a private hospital to train its students. The school is located on the side of Rusafa near Al-Shuhada Bridge and overlooks the …
It is a well-known market in Baghdad, located near the Caliphs Mosque in Shorja. Al-Ghazal market was and still is a strange market, as it contains small shops selling dry grains, legumes and herbs, where other shops selling rare wild birds such as falcons and peacocks, in addition to rare dogs and ornamental fish. A …
It is a well-known market in the center of the city of Baghdad for the sale of used materials and very old items that are of historical and archaeological value. You may find there everything rare and strange and all what you usually do not find in other markets. It has many high-end artifacts and …
The market contains various types of fabrics, and behind it is a market for carpets and rugs of all kinds, and parallel to the Tigris River is a street where women can find all the clothes and materials they need for decoration, and at the end of it you can find gold and silver-smith shops …
It is considered an important commercial center in Baghdad, as it is full of movement and activity from morning until evening. From its winding roofed branches you smell tea, coffee, spices and soap, and it contains everything of the house needs, whether small or large items. The Abbasid market was established next to the old …
That is what it is called in Baghdad, as the craft of (copper methods and its manufacture) is common therein, and is still practiced in its familiar folk way. In this market you find household tools, decorative tools and various souvenir goods made of copper with beautiful and accurate engravings.
