[PEN-L:36002] Baghdad under the Abbasids

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Baghdad "the city of the Arabian nights" was founded in 764 CE. by the
Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur. It was in its prime about
     800 CE., during the reign of the famous caliph Harun-al-Rashid. What
this city - which represented the crown of Medieval
     Muslim civilization - resembled, is told by an author who saw Baghdad
in its glory.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1000baghdad.html

From an internet search

relevant for neo-liberals who assume that the Iraqis would have no patriotism