Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate

This book was first published in 1900. From contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources, with eight plans, this is a topography of mediaeval Baghdad, and a complete history and plan of the great metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphs. The contents includes: The Foundation of Baghdad; The City of Mansur; The Canals of Western Baghdad; The Kufah Highroad and the Karkh Suburb; The Canals of Karkh; The Quarters of the Lower Harbour; The Quarter of the Basrah Gate; The Swari Quarter and the Trench of Tahir; The Harbiyah Quarter; The Quarters of the Muhawwal Gate; Baratha, Muhawwal, and the Kazimayn; Eastern Baghdad in General; Rusafah; The Shammasiyah Quarter; The Mukharrim Quarter; The Buyid Palaces; The Palaces of the Caliphs; The Palace Gates and Adjoining Quarters; The Quarters North of the Palaces; The Quarters East and South of the Palaces; Recapitulation and Authorities: Early Period; Recapitulation and Authorities: Middle Period; and Recapitulation and Authorities: Final Period.