Samarra

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ancient city archaeological site city

Samarra is an ancient Iraqi city on the Tigris River renowned for its monumental Islamic architecture, especially the spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city →
archaeological site →
city →
architecturalStyle Abbasid art →
surface form: Abbasid architecture

Islamic architecture →
capitalOf Abbasid Caliphate →
capitalPeriodEnd 892 →
capitalPeriodStart 836 →
continent Asia →
country Iraq →
distanceFromBaghdad approximately 125 km →
era Islamic Golden Age →
foundedBy al-Mu'tasim →
surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim
foundingDate 9th century →
hasPart Abu Dulaf Mosque →
Caliphal palaces →
Dar al-Khilafa palace complex →
Great Mosque of Samarra →
Malwiya Minaret →
archaeological zones →
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site →
List of World Heritage in Danger →
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Abbasid Caliphate →
knownFor Abbasid-era monuments →
Great Mosque of Samarra →
Islamic architecture →
spiral minaret →
locatedIn Salah ad Din Governorate →
surface form: Salah al-Din Governorate
locatedInModernState Iraq →
surface form: Republic of Iraq
locatedNorthOf Baghdad →
locatedOnRiver Tigris →
surface form: Tigris River
notableStructure Abu Dulaf Mosque →
Caliphal palaces →
Great Mosque of Samarra →
Malwiya Minaret →
surface form: Malwiya spiral minaret
populationType inhabited city with adjacent archaeological area →
region Mesopotamia →
religiousSignificance important site in Islamic history →
servedAs capital of the Abbasid Caliphate →
threats conflict-related damage →
looting →
urban encroachment →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) →
(iii) →
(iv) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2007 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site →
List of World Heritage in Danger →
surface form: World Heritage in Danger

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Mu'tasim → burialPlace → Samarra →
Abbasid Caliphate → capital → Samarra →
al-Mu'tasim → deathPlace → Samarra →
al-Mu'tasim → founded → Samarra →
Abbasid Caliphate → hasCapital → Samarra →
Samarra period → hasCapital → Samarra →
Mihna (inquisition) → location → Samarra →
subject surface form: Mihna
Samarra period → namedAfter → Samarra →
Tikrit → nearbyCity → Samarra →
Dijla → passesThrough → Samarra →
Tigris → passesThroughCity → Samarra →