Anbar (town)

Place in Al Anbar, Iraq Anbar ( الأنبار ) was a town in Iraq , at lat. 33 deg. 22' N., long. 43 deg. 49' E, on the east bank of the Euphrates , just south of the Nahr 'Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal , the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris . Anbar was originally called Firuz Shapur , or Perisapora and was founded circa 350 AD by Shapur II , Sassanid king of Persia . Perisapora was captured and destroyed by Emperor Julian in 363 , but speedily rebuilt. The town became a refuge for the Arab , Christian , and Jewish colonies of that region. Anbar was adjacent or identical to the Babylonian Jewish center of Nehardea (Hebrew: נהרדעא ), and lies a short distance from the present-day town of Fallujah , formerly the Babylonian Jewish center of Pumbeditha ( Hebrew : פומבדיתא ). The name of the town was then changed to Anbar (" granaries "). Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah , the founder of the Abbasid caliphate, made it his capital, and such it remained until the founding of Baghdad in 762 . It continued to be a place of much importance throughout the Abbasid period, but now it is entirely deserted, occupied only by ruin mounds. The great number of these indicates the former importance of the city.

Place in Al Anbar, Iraq Anbar ( الأنبار ) was a town in Iraq , at lat. 33 deg. 22' N., long. 43 deg. 49' E, on the east bank of the Euphrates , just south of the Nahr 'Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal , the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris .

Place in Al Anbar, Iraq Anbar ( , , ) also known by its original ancient name, Peroz-Shapur , was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq . It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a moderately prosperous town through the 10th century, but quickly declined thereafter. As a local administrative centre, it survived until the 14th century, but was later abandoned. Its ruins are near modern Fallujah . The city gives its name to the Al-Anbar Governorate .

Former town in Al Anbar, Iraq Place in Al Anbar, Iraq Anbar ( , , ) also known by its original ancient name, Peroz-Shapur , was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq . It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a moderately prosperous town through the 10th century, but quickly declined thereafter. As a local administrative centre, it survived until the 14th century, but was later abandoned. Its ruins are near modern Fallujah . The city gives its name to the Al-Anbar Governorate .

Former town in Al Anbar, Iraq Place in Al Anbar, Iraq Anbar ( Arabic : الأنبار , romanized : al-Anbār , Syriac : ܐܢܒܐܪ , romanized : Anbar ) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq . It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a moderately prosperous town through the 10th century, but quickly declined thereafter. As a local administrative centre, it survived until the 14th century, but was later abandoned. Its ruins are near modern Fallujah . The city gives its name to the Al-Anbar Governorate .