Sāmarrāʾ

Sāmarrāʾ

Iraq
      town, central Iraq. Located on the Tigris River (Tigris-Euphrates river system), it is the site of a prehistoric settlement of the 5th millennium BC. The town was founded between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD. In 836, when the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Muʿtaṣim (Muʿtaṣim, al-) was pressured to leave Baghdad, he made Sāmarrāʾ his new capital. He built a palace and gardens, and under his successors the town grew until it stretched along the Tigris for 20 miles (32 km). In 892 the caliph al-Muʿtamid transferred the capital back to Baghdad, causing the subsequent decline of Sāmarrāʾ. By 1300 most of the town was in ruins; it has since revived.

      Sāmarrāʾ is a pilgrimage centre for Shīʿite Muslims. The shrine to ʿAli al-Ḥādī and Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī, the 11th and 12th imams, is one of the holiest of Shīʿism. It was built in the 9th century, when Sāmarrāʾ was the seat of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate, and underwent a number of renovations, including the addition of a gilded dome in 1905. In 2006, amid violence between Shīʿite and Sunni (Sunnite) Muslims, the shrine was bombed and suffered extensive damage. The Great Friday Mosque and the nearby Abu Dulaf mosque, both now in ruins, were also built in the 9th century. Al-Malwīyah, a spiral minaret that is a major tourist attraction, was slightly damaged in a 2005 bombing. In 2007 the archaeological remains in Sāmarrāʾ were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Pop. (2004 est.) 214,100.

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