Al-Mada’in

Al-Mada'in was an ancient metropolis situated on the in what is now . It was located between the ancient royal centers of and , and was founded by the Sasanian Empire.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Al Madain”, “Al Madāin, Madāin, Al Madain, Madain”, “Al-Madain”, “Al-Modain”, “Madāin”, “Mahoze”, “Medinata”, “Mohoza”, “Seleucia-Ctesiphon”, “Махуза”, “ܡܚܘܙ̈ܐ”, “അൽ-മദായിൻ”, “アル・マダーイン”, “マホザ”, and “瑪達因”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Salman Al-Muhammadi Shrine and Taq Kasra.

Tomb
The Mosque of Salman al-Farsi is a located in the city of , Al-Mada'in district, in the province of Diyala, in the of .

Monument
Photo: Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tāq Kasrā, also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra or Ayvān-e Kesrā are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ctesiphon.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ruin in . It was once an ancient Persian capital city, but only a former palace, with the world's largest unreinforced arch, remains standing. The town of Salman Pak is nearby, and is also covered in this article.

Al-Mada’in

Latitude
33.09841° or 33° 5′ 54″ north
Longitude
44.58323° or 44° 34′ 60″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8H563HXM+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2486324382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
99110
Wiki­data ID
Q1378794
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al-Mada’in” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدائن”
  • Arabic: “مدائن”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадаен”
  • Catalan: “Madain”
  • Chinese: “阿爾瑪達林”
  • Dutch: “Al-Mada’in”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المدائن”
  • French: “Al Madain”
  • German: “Al Madain”
  • German: “Mahuza”
  • Hebrew: “מדאין”
  • Hebrew: “מחוזא”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Mada’in”
  • Italian: “Al-Mada’in”
  • Italian: “Ctesifonte”
  • Japanese: “セレウキア-クテシフォン”
  • Malayalam: “മഹോസെ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Māhōzē”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܣܠܝܩ ܘܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ”
  • Persian: “مدائن”
  • Polish: “Al-Mada’in”
  • Portuguese: “Almadaim”
  • Russian: “аль-Мадаин”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مدائن”
  • Spanish: “Madain”
  • Turkish: “Medain”
  • Turkish: “Medâin”
  • Urdu: “المدائن”
  • Urdu: “مدائن”
  • Western Panjabi: “مدائن”

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