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The 58 pages that link to Baghdad, each with the reason it gives.

• Al-Shafi'iRelated: Al-Shafi'i taught and developed his legal thought in Abbasid Baghdad.

• Nizam al-MulkRelated: Seljuk power in Baghdad shaped the political setting in which Nizam al-Mulk governed.

• Al-FarabiRelated: Al-Farabi studied and worked in Baghdad, where philosophical debate and teaching flourished.

• QadiriyyaRelated: Gilani taught there, making Baghdad the order’s formative setting.

• CtesiphonRelated: Baghdad displaced Ctesiphon as the region's dominant political and urban center.

• MosulRelated: Baghdad is the national political center governing Mosul and northern Iraq.

• Treaty of ZuhabRelated: Its Ottoman capture in 1638 helped anchor the territorial settlement.

• Abbasid architectureRelated: The new capital anchored Abbasid patronage, although little of its original round plan survives.

• Ibn FadlanRelated: The embassy began in the Abbasid political world centered on Baghdad.

• Tahirid dynastyRelated: The Tahirids governed a distant province while maintaining formal ties to the Abbasid court.

• Abu al-Abbas al-SaffahRelated: Its later foundation extended the Iraqi political orientation established under al-Saffah.

• Muhammad al-BukhariRelated: Reports describe al-Bukhari’s scholarship being tested before learned audiences there.

• Musa al-KazimRelated: Musa died in Abbasid Baghdad, where his shrine remains.

• Abu NuwasRelated: Its cosmopolitan streets and courtly life form the social world evoked in his poetry.

• ʻAbdu’l-BaháRelated: ʻAbdu’l-Bahá spent part of his childhood there during his family’s exile from Iran.

• Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibRelated: The dynasty descended from Abbas made Baghdad a major center of government and scholarship.

• Al-KarajiRelated: Al-Karaji's mathematical career is associated with Baghdad, a leading center of scholarship.

• FallujahRelated: Fallujah’s position west of Baghdad made it significant to routes into the capital.

• Abu al-AtahiyaRelated: The city’s court and literary circles formed the setting of his Abbasid-era reputation.

• Al-Hariri of BasraRelated: Al-Hariri’s work circulated in a literary world connected to Baghdad’s institutions and audiences.

• Ahmad ibn FadlanRelated: The embassy departed from Baghdad and carried the caliph’s mission north.

• Benjamin of TudelaRelated: His account reports the city’s Jewish community and the authority of its exilarch.

• David SassoonRelated: Sassoon was born into Baghdad’s Jewish community and left amid political upheaval.

• Sassoon familyRelated: The family’s roots lay in Baghdad’s Jewish merchant community.

• Sinbad the SailorRelated: Sinbad’s home is associated with the prosperous Baghdad of the Abbasid-era imagination.

• SuhrawardiyyaRelated: The order took shape in Baghdad’s dense network of religious institutions.

• BaqubahRelated: Baqubah lies northeast of Baghdad and is connected to it by road.

• HillahRelated: Hillah lies south of Baghdad along Iraq’s central corridor.

• Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'iRelated: The revolution and national government that defined ar-Ruba'i's office were centered in Baghdad.

• RamadiRelated: Ramadi developed along the main westward route from Baghdad.

• Shaykh TusiRelated: Tusi built his early scholarly career in Baghdad before leaving amid political violence.

• Yaqut al-HamawiRelated: Yaqut worked in Baghdad, a key setting for his scholarly career.