• Abu Bakr Al Hazi Rhazes (AD867-925), also known as Razi, a Persian doctor and alchemist in his laboratory in Baghdad, as imagined in a French engraving of 1867. Hulton Archive / Getty Images / May 2014
    Abu Bakr Al Hazi Rhazes (AD867-925), also known as Razi, a Persian doctor and alchemist in his laboratory in Baghdad, as imagined in a French engraving of 1867. Hulton Archive / Getty Images / May 2014
  • The oldest and highest minaret in Baghdad, circa 1925. The minaret was built in the time of Harun Al Rashid in the eightth century. Hulton Archive / Getty Images / May 2014
    The oldest and highest minaret in Baghdad, circa 1925. The minaret was built in the time of Harun Al Rashid in the eightth century. Hulton Archive / Getty Images / May 2014
  • The Tallisim was a tower of the ancient city walls and was built by Al Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph, who founded the city in the eighth century. The tower was blown up by the Ottoman Turks during their evacuation of Baghdad in 1917. The Print Collector / Getty Images / May 2014
    The Tallisim was a tower of the ancient city walls and was built by Al Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph, who founded the city in the eighth century. The tower was blown up by the Ottoman Turks during their evacuation of Baghdad in 1917. The Print Collector / Getty Images / May 2014
  • The leather souq in Baghdad dates from the eighth century. Michael Luongo / Bloomberg / May 2014
    The leather souq in Baghdad dates from the eighth century. Michael Luongo / Bloomberg / May 2014
  • An Iraqi boy kisses a bronze bust of Baghdad's founder Al Mansur as it undergoes restoration in 2012. Khalil Al Murshidi / AFP / May 2014
    An Iraqi boy kisses a bronze bust of Baghdad's founder Al Mansur as it undergoes restoration in 2012. Khalil Al Murshidi / AFP / May 2014

World

In pictures: City of culture Baghdad

James Ohara

May 22, 2014

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A new history of Baghdad looks at the culture as well as the blood.

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