Once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, it has more recently been the capital of Nouri al-Maliki.
The poor people of this so-called "Round City" founded by al-Mansur were armed to defend it against the 812 siege of al-Ma'mun, and it was besieged again in 865 by Turks from Samarra. It was conquered by Turks under Tughrul when it fell to the Seljuks in 1055, and it was here in 1258 that the Caliph al-Musta'sim was rolled in a carpet and trampled by cavalry led by Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan. Once the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, it has more recently been the capital of Nouri al-Maliki. FTP, identify this city on the Tigris River, site of the Green Zone.
The poor people of this so-called "Round City" founded by al-Mansur were armed to defend it against the 812 siege of al-Ma'mun, and it was besieged again in 865 by Turks from Samarra.
{Baghdad}