This article documents the history of Baghdad. Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد Baġdād) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. With a metropolitan area estimated at a population of 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second-largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo) and the second-largest city in Southwest Asia (after Tehran).
Read more about History Of Baghdad: Foundation, A Center of Learning (8th To 9th C.), Stagnation and Invasions (10th To 16th C.), Ottoman Baghdad (16th To 19th C.), 20th Century
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