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Samarra (Arabic: سَامَرَّاء,
Sāmarrāʾ) is a city in Iraq. It
stands on the east bank of the
Tigris in the
Saladin Governorate, 125
kilometers (78 mi)...
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Samarra (Arabic: جَامِع سَامَرَّاء ٱلْكَبِيْر, romanized: Jāmiʿ
Sāmarrāʾ al-Kabīr, Arabic: مَسْجِد سَامَرَّاء ٱلْكَبِيْر, romanized: Masjid
Sāmarrāʾ al-Kabīr...
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Samarra Tell
Shemshara Tell es-Sawwan The
Samarra culture is a Late
Neolithic archaeological culture of
northern Mesopotamia,
roughly dated to between...
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Samarra is a city in
central Iraq,
which served as the
capital of the
Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892.
Founded by the
caliph al-Mu'tasim,
Samarra was...
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Appointment in
Samarra,
published in 1934, is the
first novel by
American writer John O'Hara (1905–1970). It
concerns the self-destruction of the fictional...
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Anarchy at
Samarra (Arabic: فوضى سامراء, romanized: fawḍā
Sāmarrāʾ) was a
period of
extreme internal instability from 861 to 870 in the
history of...
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became a best-selling
novelist before the age of 30 with
Appointment in
Samarra and
BUtterfield 8.
While O'Hara's
legacy as a
writer is debated, his work...
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Samarra Stadium, is a multi-use
stadium in
Samarra, Iraq. It is
currently used
mostly for
football matches and
serves as the home
stadium of
Samaraa FC...
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Battle of
Samarra, also
called Operation Baton Rouge, took
place in 2004
during the Iraq War. The city of
Samarra in
central Iraq had
fallen under...
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Ukbara (عكبرا) was a
medieval city on the left bank of the
Tigris between Samarra and Baghdad. The
Tigris has
changed course since, and its
ruins now lie...
