Persian · proper noun · Faith & Sacred History
Baghdad
बग़दाद
said bagh-daad
also written: baghdaad, madinat-us-salam
Meaning
The Abbasid capital, long the heart of Islamic learning and glory, sacked by the Mongols in 1258; emblem of a fallen golden age.
Related words
TURKISH
Halaaku
Hulagu Khan, the Mongol who sacked Baghdad in 1258 and ended the Abbasid caliphate; emblem of the destroyer of Islamic civilisation.
ARABIC
Junaid
Junaid of Baghdad, the early Sufi master celebrated for his sober, balanced mysticism.
ARABIC
Mansur
Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922), Sufi martyr executed for crying 'Ana al-Haqq' (I am the Truth); the emblem of self-annihilating mystical love and the gallows of the seeker.