Round City of Baghdad

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archaeological site capital city historical city planned city

The Round City of Baghdad was the original circular core of the Abbasid capital, renowned as a planned imperial metropolis and intellectual center of the early Islamic Golden Age.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Abbasid Baghdad	1
medieval Baghdad	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ capital city ⓘ historical city ⓘ planned city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	City of Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ Madinat al-Salam NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Mansur’s City NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	early Abbasid architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Abbasid bureaucracy NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ translation movement ⓘ
capitalOf	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityGate	Basra Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Khurasan Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Kufa Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sham Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd	766 ⓘ
constructionStart	762 ⓘ
country	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedAs	administrative complex ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
era	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
foundedBy	al-Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Abbasid caliph al-Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCentralFeature	Caliphal palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Mosque of al-Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	city gates ⓘ concentric ring layout ⓘ defensive walls ⓘ moat ⓘ radial streets ⓘ
heritageDesignation	archaeologically obscured by later urban growth ⓘ
inception	762 ⓘ
locatedIn	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	circular design ⓘ palatial architecture ⓘ scholarly activity ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
partOf	Baghdad metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
shape	circular ⓘ
status	largely destroyed ⓘ
timePeriod	8th century ⓘ
usedAs	administrative center ⓘ imperial capital ⓘ intellectual center ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Abbasid art → keySite → Round City of Baghdad ⓘ

Ja'far ibn Yahya → associatedWith → Round City of Baghdad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abbasid Baghdad

Masrur the executioner → setting → Round City of Baghdad ⓘ

this entity surface form: medieval Baghdad