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Tag: Once a Upon a Time in Iraq

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Baghdad in the time of Mansur. Painting by Edmund Sandars. From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire", 1915 Photo: Getty
July 30, 2020

Happy birthday, Baghdad, wonder of the world The city, founded 1,258 years ago today, was once an intellectual and cultural centre like no other

Justin Marozzi