fields and descriptions name Baghdad official name lang ar Transl ar DIN Ba d d native name ... image alt image caption Top, left to right Baghdad skyline with Shantar tower, National Museum of Iraq , Al Kadhimiya Mosque , Baghdad Tower , Republican Palace , The Monument to the Unknown Soldier ... name Flag Iraq subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Baghdad Province Baghdad subdivision ... Mayor council governing body Baghdad City Advisory Council leader party leader title Mayor leader ... code type area code footnotes Baghdad lang ar , Transl ar DIN Ba d d , IPA ar b d d IPA is the capital political capital of Iraq Republic of Iraq , as well as the coterminous Baghdad Province . The population of Baghdad as of 2011 is approximately 7,216,040, making it the largest city in Iraq ... Lancet Report states a population of 7,216,040 in 2011. http search.eb.com eb article 9109394 Baghdad ... military world iraq baghdad.htm Baghdad from GlobalSecurity.org ref ref name largestcities ... of its inception, Baghdad evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center ... Ages , Baghdad was considered to be the largest city in the world with an estimated population of 1,200,000 ... was largely Siege of Baghdad 1258 destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline ... in 1938, Baghdad gradually regained some of its former prominence as a significant center of Arabic ... Baghdad. The most reliable and most widely accepted among these is that the name is a Middle Persian ... Fact Sheets Baghdad Iraq10693.shtml ref ref http persiangulfstudies.com en index.asp?P NEWS2&Nu 45 ... baghdad iranian connection 1 pr Mongol ref ref http books.google.com books?id rezD7rvuf9YC&pg PA563 .... . ref name Strange pg 10 Guy Le Strange, Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary ... publisher Egabat.google.com date accessdate 2010 04 27 ref However Baghdad, as a name, had ... baghdad.html ref The village of Baghdad importance increased rapidly by the time it was founded by the Abbasid ... more details
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. Baghdad may also refer to TOCright Places In Iraq Baghdad Governorate , the region encompassing the city and its surrounding areas Baghdad Province, Ottoman Empire Baghdad Central Station , a train station Baghdad International Airport Round city of Baghdad University of BaghdadBaghdad College , a boys high school Elsewhere Baghdad, Afghanistan Baghdad, Pakistan Bagdad, Tasmania , Australia Lake Baghdad , Rottnest Island, Western Australia Baghdad Stadium , Kwekwe, Zimbabwe Baghdad Street Damascus , Syria Baghdad Street Singapore Ba dat Avenue , Istanbul, Turkey Other uses Baghdad EP Baghdad EP , by The Offspring Baghdad Satellite Channel , a television network Baghdad Soft Drinks Co Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad , Iraq 7079 Baghdad , an asteroid Sophiane Baghdad born 1980 , French Algerian football player See also Bagdad disambiguation Baghdadi disambiguation Baghdady disambig geo fa pl Bagdad ujednoznacznienie ... more details
Battle of Baghdad may refer to Battle of Baghdad 946 , Buyid Hamdanid War Battle of Baghdad 1258 , Mongol conquest of Baghdad Battle of Baghdad 1401 , conquests of Tamerlane Battle of Baghdad 1534 , Turko Persian War Capture of Baghdad 1638 , Turko Persian War Battle of Baghdad 1917 , World War I Iraq coup 1941 Battle of Baghdad 1941 , World War II Battle of Baghdad 2003 , United States invasion of Iraq disambig it Battaglia di Bagdad ru ... more details
Siege of Baghdad may refer to Siege of Baghdad 812 813 during the civil war in Arab Abbasid Caliphate Al Amin vs Al Ma mun Siege of Baghdad 865 , during the Caliphal Civil War 865 866 Al Musta in vs Al Mu tazz Siege of Baghdad 1157 by Seljukid Turks Siege of Baghdad 1258 by Hulagu of the Ilkhanid Mongols Capture of Baghdad 1534 by S leyman I of the Ottoman Turks Capture of Baghdad 1638 by Murat IV of the Ottoman Turks See also Fall of Baghdad disambiguation disambig ... more details
Since the beginning of the War in Iraq , a large number of bombings have taken place. Wikipedia has individual articles on the following attacks 2003 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad Canal Hotel bombing 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing 2005 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings 2006 Buratha Mosque bombing 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings 2007 Mustansiriya University bombings 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings 29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings 19 June 2007 al Khilani Mosque bombing 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings 2008 1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing 2009 8 March 2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks 24 June 2009 Baghdad bombing 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings 8 December 2009 Baghdad bombings 2010 25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings 1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing 4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings 6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings April 2010 Baghdad bombings 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks July 2010 Baghdad bombing 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings 19 September 2010 Baghdad attacks Disamb ... more details
The Fall of Baghdad may refer to the following Siege of Baghdad 1258 , the Mongol Empire s capture of Baghdad, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Fall of Baghdad 1917 , the British and Indian capture of Ottoman controlled Baghdad during the First World War. Battle of Baghdad 2003 , the US capture of Saddam Hussein controlled Baghdad following the Coalition s invasion of Iraq. disambig ar ur ... more details
Baghdad Street is the name of several streets named after Baghdad , the capital of Iraq, including Baghdad Street Damascus , in Damascus, Syria Baghdad Street Singapore , in Kampong Glam, Singapore See also Ba dat Avenue , in Istanbul, Turkey disambig Category Place name disambiguation pages ... more details
File Baghdad Clock.JPG thumb Baghdad Clock 2010 Unreferenced date March 2010 The Baghdad Clock is a public building located in the Green Zone , in Baghdad , Iraq . Prior to 2003 the building was employed as a museum and featured a large clock tower. However, the building was heavily damaged during the 2003 invasion of Iraq . It was reconstructed later and is now the seat of the Supreme Court of Iraq . Iraq struct stub coord missing Iraq Category Towers in Iraq Category Buildings and structures in Baghdad ar ... more details
There have been at least 8 major sieges of Baghdad . Abbasid caliphate In 820, Caliph Al Ma mun sent his general Taher ibn hussien to capture Baghdad and depose his brother Caliph Al Amin. The siege was successful Taher captured the city and executed the caliph. The Seljuk siege of Baghdad 1157 in which the Seljuqs of Hamadan along with the Zengid of Mosul unsuccessfully besieged Baghdad. The Battle of Baghdad 1258 was a victory for the Mongol leader Hulagu Khan , a grandson of Genghis Khan . who captured Baghdad and burnt it to the ground. Ottoman Empire In 1534 Ottoman Empire Ottoman sultan Suleyman I the Magnificent capitured the city see Capture of Baghdad 1534 In 1624 Abbas I of Persia Saffavid dynasty captured the city In 1638 Ottoman sultan Murat IV recaptured the city see Capture of Baghdad 1638 Modern era The Fall of Baghdad 1917 in which the United Kingdom British and British Raj Indian capture of Ottoman Empire Ottoman controlled Baghdad during World War I . The 2003 invasion of Baghdad with the United States US capture of Saddam Hussein controlled Baghdad following the Coalition of the Willing Coalition s 2003 invasion of Iraq invasion of Iraq . Category Sieges of Baghdad ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Politics of Iraq Baghdad of Peace Lang ar , Baghdad as salam , a political bloc in Iraq , registered with the Independent High Electoral Commission . The bloc consists of Islamic Dawa Party Islamic Dawa Party Iraq Organisation Islamic Action Organisation Islamic Union for the Fayli Kurds of Iraq Islamic Vanguard Party DEFAULTSORT Baghdad Of Peace Category Political parties in Iraq Baghdad stub ... more details
Cleanup date June 2009 New Baghdad or Baghdad Al Jidida Arabic , is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad administrative districts in Baghdad , Iraq . This district has nine Neighborhood Advisory Councils NAC and a District Advisory Council. It is located east of the city center. ref http makingmaps.files.wordpress.com 2008 09 bahgdad052.png ref ref http www.globalsecurity.org military world iraq images baghdad map areas2.jpg ref This district was renamed, 9 Nissan or Tisa Nissan was the new name Nisan Nissan is the word for April, although most Iraqis do not yet use that name 9 Nissan . It is also known as 7 Nissan . ref http www.globalsecurity.org military world iraq images baghdad coalition hospitals map.pdf ref 29. Shaab stadium, Bor Saeid sqr, Matyr s Monument Al Shaheed Monument 30. Muthana, Zayouna 31. Ghadeer, Masaloon sqr 32. New Baghdad neighbourhood Baghdad Al jadida , Alef Dar, Al Khaleej 33. Habibiya, Dur Al Umal, Baladiyat 34. Mashtal, Ameen, Nafit, Rustomaniya 35. Fedhailia, Kamaliya 36. Al Husseinia, Ma amal, Al Rasheed 37. Al Ubedy , Ma amil 2 See also Portal Iraq List of places in Iraq Administrative districts in Baghdad Sources http www.washingtonpost.com wp srv nation documents ltc kevin farrell.pdf Washington Post interview with LTC Kevin Farrell http www.globalsecurity.org military world iraq maps baghdad.htm References references External links http maps.google.com maps?f q&source s q&hl en&geocode &q Baghdad, Iraq&sll 20.96144,100.898438&sspn 51.990806,79.013672&ie UTF8&hq &hnear Baghdad, Iraq&ll 33.313466,44.511771&spn 0.001464,0.002411&t h&z 19 New Baghdad on Google maps Administrative districts in Baghdad coord missing Iraq Category Administrative districts in Baghdad Category Neighborhoods in BaghdadBaghdad stub iraq geo stub ar es Nuevo Bagdad ... more details
Merge to Ferris wheel Baghdad Eye discuss Talk Baghdad Eye Merge date January 2012 Notability date January 2012 Infobox building image name Baghdad Eye location Baghdad , Iraq coordinates status Proposed roof Convert 198 m ft 0 completion date est completion structural engineer architect building type Ferris wheel The Baghdad Eye is a Convert 198 m ft 0 adj on tall giant Ferris wheel proposed for Al Zawraa Park in Baghdad, Iraq , in 2008. ref http blogs.westword.com latestword 2008 10 obama ads attack mccain for ba.php title Obama ad attacks McCain for Baghdad Ferris wheel project being built on land leased by a Democratic Party ref Tenders were invited for designs featuring air conditioned compartments that would each carry at least 30 passengers. ref Cite news url http www.msnbc.msn.com id 26425911 title Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel last Yacoub first Sameer publisher Associated Press accessdate 2008 08 28 ref References Wikinews Iraq plans Baghdad Eye to draw in tourists Reflist Ferris wheel Category Proposed Ferris wheels Category Buildings and structures in Baghdad Category Landmarks Category Proposed buildings and structures hu Baghdad Eye ... more details
Whoops Baghdad is a BBC television comedy programme first broadcast from 25 January to 1 March 1973. It stars Frankie Howerd , and was similar to his earlier programme Up Pompeii , with the setting moved from Ancient Rome to mediaeval Baghdad . However, it was less successful than its predecessor, only running for six episodes and is little remembered, although all episodes apparently survive. ref See http lostshows.com default.aspx?search Whoops Baghdad Whoops Baghdad , lostshows.com ref The original proposed title, Up Baghdad , was rejected because it was felt that it might have been seen as supportive of the then current Iraqi regime. References reflist External links British Comedy Guide tv whoops baghdad Category 1973 British television programme debuts Category 1973 British television programme endings Category 1970s British television series Category BBC television programmes Category BBC television sitcoms Category Period television series BBC tv prog stub ... more details
coord 33.3186 N 44.4149 E format dms scale 5000 region IQ type landmark display title Infobox hotel hotel name Baghdad Hotel logo logo width logo caption image Baghdadhoteliraq.jpg image width caption pushpin map Iraq Baghdad location Baghdad , Iraq pushpin map caption Location in Baghdad address chain latd 33 latm 19 lats 6.96 latNS N longd 44 longm 24 longs 53.64 longEW E cordinates type coordinates display opening date closing date developer architect operator owner number of rooms number of suites number of restaurants floor area floors height parking website footnotes The Baghdad Hotel is a large hotel in Baghdad , Iraq , favored by Westerners after the 2003 invasion of Iraq . The hotel overlooks the Tigris on its eastern bank. The Baghdad Hotel Bombing Terror Attack occurred on October 12, 2003, when a car rigged with a bomb drove past a checkpoint near the hotel. It drove down a side street before it was fired on by guards and exploded, killing the suicide bomber and six Iraqis. 32 other people were wounded, including three US soldiers. Security officials said that concrete barriers absorbed much of the blast, and prevented the car from destroying the hotel. Western journalists, workers, and American and Iraqi members of the Iraqi Governing Council frequently stayed at the hotel. External links http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world middle east 3186074.stm US defiant after Baghdad attack http www.cnn.com 2003 WORLD meast 10 12 sprj.irq.main Suicide bombing near hotel kills six Iraqis Category Hotels in Iraq Category Buildings and structures in Baghdad Category Baghdad Category Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2003 Baghdad stub iraq struct stub Asia hotel struct stub ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Baghdad Type EP Artist The Offspring Cover Offspring Baghdad Front .jpg Released 1991 Recorded February 1991 at the Sound Chamber, Pasadena, California Length 11 01 Genre Punk rock , hardcore punk Label Nemesis Records Nemesis Producer Thom Wilson Reviews Last album This album Baghdad br 1991 Next album Ignition The Offspring album Ignition br 1992 Baghdad was a 7 inch extended play EP released by United States American punk rock band The Offspring in 1991. It is currently out of print, but sold 3000 copies within one week of its release. Although Baghdad has never been reissued on Compact disc CD in its entirety, two of the songs were later released on compilations Hey Joe appeared on Go Ahead Punk...Make My Day Nitro Records , 1996 in music 1996 and Baghdad on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Fat Wreck Chords , 2004 in music 2004 . It also appeared on the band s 2010 Japan only compilation album Happy Hour The Offspring album Happy Hour . ref cite web url http www.punknews.org article 39051 title Offspring plan Japan only album with covers, rarities, hits publisher Punknews.org date accessdate 2012 01 15 ref The band s official website does not list Baghdad in the otherwise comprehensive discography. ref cite web url http www.offspring.com music title Music publisher The Offspring date accessdate 2012 01 15 ref Track listing tracklist collapsed no title1 Get It Right length1 3 07 title2 Hey Joe Billy Roberts length2 2 38 title3 Baghdad length3 3 17 title4 The Blurb length4 1 59 Track Notes The EP includes an early version of Get ... album Ignition . The title track Baghdad was a re release of the song Tehran which appeared on the Offspring ... of Iran for Baghdad the capital of Iraq . The EP also includes a cover version of Hey Joe by Billy ... English language EPs 1990s punk album stub it Baghdad EP hu Baghdad pl Baghdad EP pt Baghdad lbum ru Baghdad sv Baghdad uk Baghdad EP ... more details
The city of Baghdad is divided to List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad 89 administrative neighbourhoods gathered into Administrative districts in Baghdad nine administrative districts . Districts at the east of the Tigris Rusafa Rusafa District 1.Sinek,Al Rasheed 2.Khulani, Al Wathba sqr, Shorjah. 3.Abu Nawas. 4.Orphalia, Bataween. 5.Al Saadoon park. 6.Camp Gaylani. 7.Sheikh Omar. 8.Medical City. 9. Bab Al Moatham . 10. Mustansiriya. 11. Nile. 12. 14th July 13.Idrissi. Adhamiyah District 14. Adhamiyah neighbourhood. 15. Al Wazireya 16.Wzirya industrial 18.Qahira 19.Gherai at 20.Tunis 21. Hayy Ur 22. Sha ab, Baghdad Sha ab east 23.Sha ab north 24.Sha ab south 25.Rashdiya . Thawra District 26. Sadr City neighbourhood 27.Habbibiya 28.Ishbiliya neighbourhood 7 Nissan District 29.Shaab stadium, Bor Saeid sqr, Matyr s Monument 30. Muthana, Zayouna 31.Ghadeer, Masaloon sqr 32.New Baghdad neighbourhood Baghdad Al jadida , Alef Dar, Al Khaleej 33.Habibiya, Dur Al Umal, Baladiyat 34.Mashtal, Ameen, Nafit, Rustomaniya 35.Fedhailia, Kamaliya 36.Al Husseinia, Ma amal, Al Rasheed 37. Al Ubedy , Ma amil 2 Karadah District 38.Sinaa, Alwiya, Al Wahda 39.Karradae In 40.Zuwiya, Al Jadriya 41.Karrada ..., Baghdad International Fair 64. Al Washash Washash 65.Iskan 66.14 Ramadan 67. Yarmouk, Baghdad Yarmouk ... East 73. Ghazaliya west 74.Baghdad International, airport Abu Ghrib road Al Rashid, Baghdad Al Rashid District 75.Dora refinery 76. Dora, Baghdad Dora , Athureen, Tua ma 77. Al Saydiya , Dhubat ..., Hor Rejab 88.Mechanic, Asia 89.Bo aitha See also List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad Administrative districts in Baghdad . External links http www.nytimes.com interactive 2007 09 06 world middleeast 20070907 BUILDUP MAIN GRAPHIC.html Baghdad Neighborhoods Map by nytimes Category Administrative districts in Baghdad Category Neighborhoods in Baghdad Category Lists of neighbourhoods Baghdad Administrative districts in Baghdad ... more details
The Baghdad Metro is a surface commuter train that operates in the Iraq i city of Baghdad . It is operated by the state owned Iraqi Republic Railways . It resumed operation in October, 2008. The train runs about convert 24 km mi between Baghdad Central Station and the southern neighborhood of Dora, Baghdad Dora . It operates two round trips a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The Baghdad Metro and the passenger train that runs between Baghdad and Basra , which resumed service in 2007 ... cite news title All aboard the Baghdad Metro url http www.latimes.com news printedition front la ... Tina Susman and Caesar Ahmed ref The Baghdad Metro s rolling stock entered service in 1983. ref name LAT1 In February 2009 Iraqi Republic Railways introduced a passenger service between Baghdad and Falluja ... Iraq reopens passenger railway from Baghdad to Falluja url http www.meed.com news 2009 02 iraq reopens passenger railway from baghdad to falluja.html publisher MEED date February 10, 2009 author Hugh ... traffic congestion in Baghdad s streets. During the Iran Iraq war the subway project was halted ... tunnels. ref name tunnel Future expansion Since the 2003 Iraq War , traffic problems in Baghdad ... ownership regulation. ref cite web url http digitaljournalist.org issue0906 baghdad metro.html title Baghdad Metro The Digital Journalist accessdate 2010 04 26 ref In November 2008, Baghdad mayor Sabir ... City to Adhamiya A dhamiya , while the other would link the center of Baghdad with its western suburbs. Each line would have 20 stations. ref name TheAge1 cite news title From roads to ruin, Baghdad gets back on track url http www.theage.com.au world from roads to ruin baghdad gets back on track ..., an agreement was signed with Alstom , for the construction of a 25km line from central Baghdad ... blog 2011 02 baghdad metro 2 accessdate 2011 02 19 title BAGHDAD METRO Railways Africa ref References reflist Category Transport in Baghdad Category Rail transport in Iraq ar es ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Baghdad Province other name Baghdad Governorate native name ... image seal seal size image shield shield size city logo citylogo size image map Baghdad map.svg mapsize 200px map caption Baghdad Province image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map the name of a location ... name1 Baghdad subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 subdivision ... code... postal code area code website footnotes Baghdad Province lang ar unicode Mu fa t Ba d d or Baghdad Governorate is the capital Provinces of Iraq province of Iraq . It includes the Baghdad City of Baghdad , as well as the surrounding metropolitan area , which includes Al Mada ... 2325.html Province Description Baghdad Province is one of the most developed parts of Iraq, with a better ... attackers, and hit squads operating in the city. Baghdad has at least 12 bridges spanning the Tigris ... densely populated area in Iraq. Province Administration seealso Baghdad government Baghdad is governed by the Baghdad Provincial Council. Representatives to the Baghdad Provincial Council were elected by their peers from the lower councils of the administrative districts in Baghdad in numbers proportional to the population of the various districts that were represented. Districts of Baghdad Province ... Administrative districts in BaghdadBaghdad city Adhamiyah Karkh Karadah Kadhimiya Mansour district Mansour Sadr City Al Rashid, Baghdad Al Rashid Rusafa 9 Nissan Sister city The Baghdad Governorate ..., Colorado , United States of America . See also Portal Iraq Baghdad External links http www.humanitarianinfo.org ... http www.drcog.org bdrp Baghdad Denver Region Partnerhip Geographic location Centre Baghdad ... Category Baghdad Category Fertile Crescent ar arc az Ba dad el bn ... Kegubernuran Bagdad it Governatorato di Baghdad he ku Bexdad par zgeh hu Bagdad korm nyz s g arz ms Pentadbiran Baghdad nl Bagdad gouvernement ja no Bagdad guvernement ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 notability date November 2011 Bookless in Baghdad is a 2005 book by author Shashi Tharoor and consists of a collection of previously published articles, book reviews and columns on writers, books and literary musings. In the title story, Bookless in Baghdad , Tharoor writes about his experience when he visits Baghdad on a UN initiative soon after the Gulf War . DEFAULTSORT Bookless In Baghdad Category 2005 books Category Non fiction books Nonfiction book stub ... more details
Infobox company company name Bank of Baghdad company logo Image Bank of Baghdad Logo.jpg Bank of Baghdad Logo company type Private bank company slogan foundation 1992 location BaghdadBaghdad, Iraq key people David Hodgkinson , Chairman br Youssef A Nasr , Chief executive officer CEO num employees industry Finance and Insurance products Financial Services homepage http www.bankofbaghdad.org www.bankofbaghdad.org revenue The Bank of Baghdad Iraq Stock Exchange ISX BBOB is one the largest commercial bank s in Iraq . It was established in 1992. Bank of Baghdad is a member of KIPCO group and enjoys international banking partnerships throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and further afield to Europe, United States of America, United Kingdom, and China which allows us to provide better regional banking services through sister banks in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Algeria and Tunis. Other financial services in the network for Investment and Asset Management are United Gulf Bank Securities Company UGBS , Bahrain, United Gulf Financial Services UGFS , Qatar, KAMCO, Kuwait, Al Dhiyafa, Kuwait, Royal Capital, Abu Dhabi, UAE, North Africa Holding Company, Kuwait, and Manafae Investment Company, Kuwait. Commercial banking activities including deposits and loans Financing activities including trade, industrial, agricultural and housing loans investment services including real estate investment potfolios and security trading life and non life insurance services. ref cite web title Bank 20of 20Baghdad url http www.zawya.com cm profile.cfm cid1002300 Bank 20of 20Baghdad accessdate 2008 12 13 ref The Bank of Baghdad opened its first branch in Beirut , Lebanon . ref http www.ameinfo.com 251639.html Bank of Baghdad opens branch in Lebanon ref See also Portal Iraq Economy of Iraq Central Bank of Iraq References Reflist External links http www.bankofbaghdad.org Official Website http ... Research Category Companies of Iraq Category Banks of Iraq ar es Bank of Baghdad ru ... more details
Infobox weblog name Alive in Baghdad image website http www.aliveinbaghdad.org www.aliveinbaghdad.org Alive in Baghdad is a weekly news video blog, or vlog , based in Baghdad , Iraq , distributed via website and RSS. They employ Iraqi journalists to produce videos covering various topics on daily life in Iraq following the Second Gulf War , including a piece on citizens trying to protect their neighborhood from insurgent death squads, another on what it is like to be an Iraqi Police officer, and interviews with car bomb survivors. The footage is shot by Iraqis and edited in the United States. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi talking point 6195960.stm Alive in Baghdad first hand accounts, BBC News ref Alive in Baghdad was founded in 2005 by Brian Conley, a 26 year old American journalist and filmmaker. After a year of preparation including learning Arabic and studying Iraqi culture and history , Conley went to Baghdad to equip and train a small team of Iraqis to produce a new short film every week on the subject of daily life in Iraq. ref http newsinnovation.com 2007 10 04 brian conley alive in baghdad Brian Conley Alive in Baghdad , News Innovation ref The website has survived on donations from foundations and individuals. Staff in Iraq receive a small salary. US staff are not paid. Alive in Model Alive in Baghdad was the first of many websites around the world developed by Brian Conley journalist Brian Conley and the company Small World News . Some of these sites include Alive in Mexico, Alive in Gaza, Alive in Tehran and Alive in Afghanistan among others. Alive in Afghanistan Alive in Afghanistan was featured on the Rachael Maddow show for its coverage of the 2009 Afghan Elections which used a combination of citizen journalist reports coupled with reporting from the Pajhwok News Agency. Reports were plotted on a map and could be displayed by category and or date range. The website ... about the aib story The Alive in Baghdad story Category Video blogs Internet publish stub ... more details
orphan date April 2008 Hometown Baghdad is a 38 part web documentary series that tells the stories of three Iraqi college students who are struggling to survive in Baghdad . The series was produced by Chat the Planet http www.chattheplanet.com . It was recently nominated for four Webby Awards ref http www.webbyawards.com webbys current.php?media id 97&season 12 ref and the series won three Webby Awards for Public Service and Activism, Best Reality and News and Politics in 2008. The characters are Saif Naji, Adel and Ausama. Saif Naji is an Iraqi dentist, born in Sep. 1983. Naji lived his life in Baghdad, Iraq. He finished his high school degree from Baghdad College in 2001 and he took his Dental Diploma from the College of Dentistry University of Baghdad in 2006. Naji got married in late 2006 and moved to Boston , Massachusetts in 2007. References Reflist Category Documentary internet series ... more details
Infobox Former Subdivision noautocat no native name Ba dat Eyalet i common name Baghdad Eyalet conventional long name Baghdad Eyalet subdivision Eyalet nation the Ottoman Empire year start 1535 year end 1864 date start date end event start Capture of Baghdad 1534 Capture of Baghdad event end p1 Safavid Empire flag p1 Safavid Flag.png p2 Mamluk rule in Iraq flag p2 Mameluke Flag.svg s1 Baghdad Vilayet flag s1 Ottoman Flag.svg image map Baghdad Eyalet, Ottoman Empire 1609 .png image map size 280px image map caption Baghdad Eyalet in 1609 image flag flag type image coat capital Baghdad ref Google books 70sAQAAIAAJ Commercial statistics A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor page 12 ref today flag Iraq Area and population of a given year stat year1 stat area1 stat pop1 stat year2 stat area2 stat pop2 footnotes Baghdad Eyalet was an Ottoman Iraq Iraqi eyalet of the Ottoman Empire centered around Baghdad . Its reported area in the 19th century was convert 62208 sqmi km2 . ref Google books zSNUAAAAYAAJ The Popular encyclopedia or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6 page 698 ref History Ismail I took the Baghdad region from the Aq Qoyunlu in 1508. ref name otm enc ... as their official legal guide. ref name otm enc In 1534, Baghdad Capture of Baghdad 1534 was captured ... 8gs4AAAAIAAJ page 126 An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire ref Under the Ottomans, Baghdad ... 1623 and 1638, it was once again in Iran ian hands. It was Capture of Baghdad 1638 recaptured by the Ottomans in 1638 . ref name otm enc For a time, Baghdad had been the largest city in the Middle ... in 1831. From 1851 1852 and from 1861 1867, Baghdad was governed, under the Ottoman Empire by Mehmed Nam k Pasha . The Nuttall Encyclopedia reports the 1907 population of Baghdad as 185,000. Administrative divisions Sanjaks of Baghdad Eyalet in the 17th century ref name narratives Google books 66hCAAAAcAAJ ... References reflist Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire Category History of Baghdad Category Eyalets ... more details
Infobox building name Baghdad Tower native name Ma moon Tower native name lang image File Baghdad Tower 1.JPG 300px image alt Baghdad Tower Reconstruction caption image map map alt map caption former name International Saddam Tower location flagicon IRQ Baghdad , Iraq coordinates status constructed completion date 1991 renovation date 1994 destruction date 1991, 2003 renovation date 2010 building type Mixed use br telecommunication, restaurant, observation antenna spire convert 205.0 m ft 0 abbr on references Baghdad Tower lang ar previously called International Saddam Tower is a convert 205 m ft abbr on adj on TV tower in Baghdad , Iraq . The tower opened in 1994 and replaced a communications tower destroyed in the Gulf War . A revolving restaurant and observation deck are located on the top floor. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq , the tower was occupied by American soldiers and was renamed. Gallery Gallery File Kiowa over Baghdad.jpg The Baghdad Tower, on the right. File Baghdad Tower, July 2007.jpg Baghdad Tower, July 2007. File Mamoon communications tower in Baghdad.jpg Rebuilding the tower and its surroundings. File Baghdad Tower Center.JPG Tower Center, December 2010 File Baghdad Tower Center1 3 .JPG Tower Center, December 2010 Gallery External links http www.skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 2156 Baghdad Tower on Skyscraperpage.com structurae id s0013476 title Baghdad Television Tower http www.youtube.com watch?v zlRkSr fRmY&feature related Interesting information about Saddam Tower in Coast to Coast interview with author William Henry http www.grd.usace.army.mil news releases NR10 04 11.pdf Information to the reconstruction coord 33 18 12 N 44 21 15 E display title region IQ type landmark source dewiki Category Buildings and structures completed in 1994 ... Category Towers in Iraq Category Buildings and structures in Baghdad Category Communication towers Baghdad stub ar de Fernsehturm Bagdad es Torre de Bagdad fr Tour Bagdad zh ... more details
No footnotes date October 2011 Refimprove date October 2011 Baghdad Arabic or the Baghdadi Arabic is the Arabic Varieties of Arabic variety spoken in Baghdad , the capital of Iraq . During the last century, Baghdad Arabic has become the lingua franca of Iraq, and the language of commerce and education. It is a subvariety of Iraqi Arabic . An interesting sociolinguistic feature of Baghdad is the existence of three distinct dialects Muslim, Baghdad Arabic Jewish Jewish and Christian Baghdadi Arabic. Muslim Baghdadi belongs to a group called gilit dialects, while Jewish Baghdadi as well as Christian Baghdadi belongs to qeltu dialects. Baghdadi gilit Arabic, which is considered the standard Baghdadi Arabic, shares many features with Gulf Arabic and with varieties spoken in some parts of eastern Syria . Gilit Arabic is of Bedouin provenance, unlike Christian and Jewish Baghdadi, which is believed to be descendant of Medieval Iraqi Arabic . Until the 1950s Baghdad Arabic contained a large inventory of borrowings from English language English , Turkish language Turkish , Persian language Persian or Kurdish language . During the first decades of the 20th century, when the population of Baghdad was less than a million, some inner city quarters had their own distinctive speech characteristics, maintained for generations. From about the 1960s, with the population movement within the city, and the influx of large numbers of people hailing mainly from the south, Baghdad Arabic has become more standardized, and has come to incorporate some rural and Bedouin features. Distinct features of Muslim Baghdadi Arabic is the use of ani as opposed to the fusha ana meaning I am . Also, they add ich when directing females ani gilitlich meaning I told you whereas maslawi s would say ana qiltolki . See also Baghdad Arabic Jewish Maslawi References Kees Versteegh, et al. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics , BRILL, 2006. Varieties of Arabic Category Arabic languages Category Fertile ... more details
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