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    Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎, Baghdād) is the capital and largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population...
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  • Baghdad is a 7-inch EP, released by American punk rock band the Offspring on May 15, 1991. It is currently out of print, but sold 3000 copies within one...
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    al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the ancient Babylonian capital city of Babylon and Sassanid city of Ctesiphon. Baghdad became the center of science...
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  • fall, or siege of Baghdad may refer to: Siege of Baghdad (812–813), during the Fourth Fitna in the Abbasid Caliphate Siege of Baghdad (865), during the...
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    The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 at Baghdad, the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. After a series of provocations from its ruler...
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    Baghdad Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بغداد Muḥāfaẓat Baġdād), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the capital...
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    9 mi) west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate. It is the home base for Iraq's national airline, Iraqi Airways. The Baghdad West Aerodrome was...
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    The Baghdad railway, also known as the Berlin–Baghdad railway (Turkish: Bağdat Demiryolu, German: Bagdadbahn, Arabic: سكة حديد بغداد, French: Chemin de...
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    The Baghdad Battery is the name given to a set of three artifacts which were found together: a ceramic pot, a tube of copper, and a rod of iron. It was...
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    The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion...
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    southeast, and Jordan to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraqi people are diverse; mostly Arabs, as well as Kurds, Turkmen, Yazidis...
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    family. He joined the Ba'ath Party in 1957, and later in 1966 the Iraqi and Baghdad-based Ba'ath parties. He played a key role in the 17 July Revolution and...
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    The Vilayet of Baghdad (Arabic: ولاية بغداد; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت بغداد, romanized: 'Vilâyet-i Bagdad; Modern Turkish: Bağdat Vilâyeti) was a first-level...
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  • Baghdad of Peace (Arabic: بغداد السلام, Baghdad as-salam) was an electoral alliance in Baghdad, Iraq, formed on the initiative of the Islamic Dawa Party...
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  • Look up Baghdad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. Baghdad may also refer to: Baghdad Governorate, the region encompassing...
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  • in Baghdad Canal Hotel bombing 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings 2004 2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq June 2004 Baghdad bombing 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing...
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  • Fly Baghdad is a private Iraqi airline, headquartered in Baghdad, with flights based at Baghdad International Airport. The airline restarted its operations...
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  • Live from Baghdad is a non-fiction book published in 1992 by CNN producer Robert Wiener about his experiences before the Persian Gulf War, which lasted...
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  • The Baghdad Metro (Arabic: مترو بغداد), also known as Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) is a proposed rapid transit public railway system consisting of an...
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  • Baghdad Khatun (Persian: بغداد خاتون; died 16 December 1335) (lit. Queen Baghdad), was a Chobanid princess, the daughter of Chupan. She was the empress...
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    Baghdad Bounedjah (Arabic: بغداد بونجاح, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club...
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    Baghdad Tower (Al-Ma'mun) (Arabic: برج بغداد), previously called International Saddam Tower (Arabic: برج صدام الدولي), is a 204 m (669 ft) TV tower in...
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    The University of Baghdad (UOB) (Arabic: جامعة بغداد, also known as Baghdad University) is a public research university in Baghdad, Iraq. It is the largest...
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  • Baghdad Messi (Arabic: ميسي بغداد) is a 2023 drama film directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa, with a screenplay by Kobe Van Steenberghe from a story by Kobe...
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  • Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad is a book by U.S. Army Captains Jason Conroy and Ron Martz, published in 2005 by Potomac Books. The book...
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    On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300B2-200F cargo plane, registered OO-DLL and owned by the Belgian division...
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    The Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad (Arabic: سفارة الولايات المتحدة، بغداد) is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America...
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    known as the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO) and also known as the Baghdad Pact, was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed on 24 February...
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  • Pride of Baghdad is a graphic novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon released by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint on September...
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    prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located 32 kilometers (20 mi) west of Baghdad. Abu Ghraib prison was opened in the 1960s and served as a maximum-security...
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