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Abbasid cities are Settlement Settlements that can be founded by the Abbasid civilization during the Exploration Age in Civilization VII and its expansions. After the transition to a new Age, one of the previously founded Towns can be turned into a new Capital Capital or, at an advanced start, the first Settlement Settlement was originally founded and is the Capital Capital, and the names of future Settlement Settlements are chosen at random from the list below.

List of cities[]

City Name Notes
Capital Capital
Baghdād (بغداد) Main seat of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 762 by Caliph Al-Mansur until the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, now the capital of Iraq
Settlement Settlements
al-Fustāt (الفسطاط Al-Fusṭāṭ) City founded by Rashidun governor 'Amr ibn al-'Āṣ, which served as capital of Egypt under the Rashidun (ٱلْخِلَافَةُ ٱلرَّاشِدَةُ), Umayyad (ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة), Abbasid (الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة), and Fatimid (ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة) Caliphates; now a neighbourhood of Cairo
Makkah (مكة‎) Often spelled Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, and site of the Great Mosque of Mecca and the Kaabah
al-Mawsil (الموصل‎ Al-Mawṣil) Often spelled Mosul, city in Iraq corresponding to ancient Nineveh, which later served as the capital of the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul and Aleppo, a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate
Ardabil (أردبيل Ardabīl) City in Iranian Azerbaijan, which was surrendered to Rashidun commander Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman ( حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ) in the 640s and would remain a site of Zoroastrian worship
Hamadān (همدان Hamadān) City in Iran conquered by the Rashiduns in 642 CE; also listed under the Persian city list as Hagmatana
Shirāz (شیراز Šīrāz) City refounded by Umayyad governor Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi (بن يوسف بن الحكم بن أبي عقيل الثقفي) which later served as capital of the Buyid dynasty and currently capital of Iran's Fars (Persis) Province; also listed under the Persian city list as Širājiš
Zabid (زبيد Zabīd) City in Yemen founded by the Abbasid governor Muḥammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Ziyād which served as the capital of the Ziyādid, and later Najāḥid, Emirate of Yemen, a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate
Dimašq (دمشق) Known in English as Damascus, name under which it also present as the capital of the Umayyad Independent Power; capital of the Umayyad Caliphate and present day Syria
Qairwān (القيروان Al-Qayrawān) Often spelled Kairouan, city in Tunisia founded by the Umayyad general 'Uqba ibn Nāfi' which later served as the capital of the Aghlabid Emirate of Africa, a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate
Sāmarrā (سامرّاء) Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the "Anarchy at Samarra" (836-892 CE), and site of the Great Mosque of Samarra
al-Ahwāz (الأحواز Al-Aḥwāz) Known in English and Persian as Ahvaz (اهواز), city conquered by the Rashiduns in 639 CE, now capital of Iran's Khūzestan province
Irānshahr
Shahrastān
as-Sirajān Corruption of Sīrjān (سيرجان), a regional center in the Kerman region of Iran conquered by Rashidun commander Rabi' ibn Ziād in the 640s
al-Mansūra
al-Kūfah
al-Madinah
Rāma-hurmuz
al-Basrah
al-Rayy
Halab (ﺣَﻠَﺐ Ḥalab) Arabic name for Aleppo
Balkh
Bust
ar-Raqqah
Bardha‘a
Āmol
Suhār
al-Ahsā
Jiraft
Ziranj
Marw
Harāt

See also[]

Civilization VII Settlements [edit]
Antiquity
Exploration
Modern
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