Al-Mada’in District
Al-Mada'in District is a district of the Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It includes the city of Salman Pak, which incorporates the ancient ruins of Al-Mada'in, and the oldest freestanding mud brick arch in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Iraq
- Description: district in Baghdad, Iraq
- Also known as: “Qaḑā’ al Madā’in”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taq Kasra and Salman Al-Muhammadi Shrine.
Taq Kasra
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.
Salman Al-Muhammadi Shrine
Tomb
The Mosque of Salman al-Farsi is a mosque located in the city of Salman Pak, Al-Mada'in district, in the province of Diyala, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ctesiphon.
Ctesiphon
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ctesiphon is a ruin in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. 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 District
- Location: Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Mada’in District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدائن”
- Arabic: “قضاء المدائن”
- Belarusian: “Аль-Мадаін”
- Cebuano: “Al-Mada’in District”
- Dutch: “Al-Mada’in district”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Mada’in-distriktet”
- Persian: “بخش ال-مدائن”
- Persian: “شهرستان المدائن”
- Russian: “Аль-Мадаин”
- Swedish: “Al-Mada’in District”
- Turkish: “Medâin (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Medâin”
- Uzbek: “Al-Madain tumani”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al-Mada’in and Qaryat Muḩammad al Wasmī.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ctesiphon and Tall Mujaddid.
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