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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Baghdad

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Baghdad, Iraq

Updated November 11, 2022

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Baghdad mosque houses Saddam's blood Quran.

Baghdad, Iraq

Saddam Hussein's Blood Quran

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.
Al-Shaheed Monument

Baghdad, Iraq

Al-Shaheed Monument

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad Battery in the National Museum of Iraq

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.
Mural of Saddam Hussein at the Victory Over America Palace.

Baghdad, Iraq

Victory Over America Palace

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

Baghdad, Iraq

Dar Tawfiq Al-Suwaidi

The home of Iraq's former prime minister now houses historical manuscripts.
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Taq Kasra

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.
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Stories About Baghdad

This silicone doll plays a central role in Hanging Gardens.

A New Generation Is Remaking Iraqi Cinema

“If we can’t make the revolution on the streets … we can make it in cinema, sending a message, spreading our vision of the world.”
by Laura Silvia Battaglia
July 13, 2021
A drawing depicting a Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, by Johannes Kepler, December 1603.

Astrologers Were the Quants of the Ancient World

Coincidence and correlation in the stars, from the founding of Baghdad to the New York Yankees to COVID-19.
by Alexander Boxer
August 7, 2020
Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun was a renowned supporter of the sciences.

3 Brothers From Baghdad and Their Remarkable 9th-Century Book of Inventions

A prescient relic of the Islamic Golden Age.
by Jonny Keen
April 2, 2019
A group preparing a noonday meal in the 16th century.

In Medieval Baghdad, Rulers Held Elite Cook-Offs

The "Iron Chef of medieval times" could have serious consequences.
by Anne Ewbank
January 30, 2019
The folio of al-Warrāq's manuscript.

The 10th-Century Baghdad Cookbook That’s a Poetic Tome to Food

The text features exhaustive directions for cooking, eating, and being.
by Paula Mejia
October 3, 2018

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