Samarra
سامراء
City on the Tigris founded in 836 CE as the Abbasid capital, with the Great Mosque and its spiral minaret.
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islam.museum contributors. “Samarra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/samarra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.