al-Karkh
الكرخ
the Baghdad quarter where al-Mansur gathered the markets, ordering merchants to build shops and obliging them rents.
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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
al-Karkh: a district of Baghdad. al-Baladhuri reports that al-Mansur made the gathering place of the markets in al-Karkh, and ordered the merchants to build shops, and required them to pay the rent. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Karkh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-karkh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.