The Inside History

Abbasid Caliph: Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad

On this day, July 30, 762 CE, Baghdad was founded on the west bank of the Tigris by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, the city officially known as Madinat al-Salam (city of peace) which served as the capital for the Dynasty. Its commercial position became generally unrivaled and under the caliph Harun ar-Rashid, Baghdad rose to become one of the greatest citie…