| City Name
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Notes
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 Capital
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| Baghdād
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(بغداد) Main seat of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 762 by Caliph Al-Manṣūr until the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, now the capital of 'Iraq
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| Settlements
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| al-Fustāt
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(الفسطاط) City founded by Rashidun governor Amr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi, which served as capital of Egypt under the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid Caliphates; now a neighbourhood of Cairo
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| Makkah
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(مكة) Often spelled Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, and site of the Great Mosque of Mecca and the Kaabah
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| al-Mawsil
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(الموصل) Often spelled Mosul, city in Iraq corresponding to ancient Nineveh, which later served as a capital of the Hamdanid Emirate of Mosul and Aleppo, a vassal state of the Abbasid Caliphate
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| Ardabil
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(أردبيل) City in Iranian Azerbaijan, which was surrendered to Rashidun commander Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān in the 640s and would remain a site of Zoroastrian worship
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| Hamadān
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(همدان) City in Iran conquered by the Rashiduns in 642 CE; also listed under the Persian city list as Hagmatana
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| Shirāz
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(شیراز) City refounded by Umayyad governor Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafiwhich later served as capital of the Buyid Dynasty and currently capital of the Fars Province; also present as the Persian city of Širājiš
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| Zabid
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(زبيد) City in Yemen founded by the Abbasid governor Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ziyād which served as the capital of the Ziyādid Emirate, and later the Najāḥid Emirate, vassal states of the Abbasid Caliphate
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| Dimašq
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(دمشق) Known in English as Damascus, capital of the Umayyad Caliphate and present-day Syria; also present as the capital of the Umayyad Independent Power
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| Qairwān
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(القيروان) 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
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| Sāmarrā
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(سامرّاء) Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the "Anarchy at Samarra" (836-892 CE), and site of the Great Mosque of Samarra
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| al-Ahwāz
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(الأحواز) Known in English and Persian as Ahvaz (اهواز), city conquered by the Rashiduns in 639 CE, now capital of Iran's Khuzestan Province
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| Irānshahr
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(ايرانشهر) City in Balochistan in southeastern Iran; also present as the Persian city of Pūrā
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| Shahrastān
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(شهرستان) Also transliterated Shahrestān or Shahristān, mediaeval city in the Khorasan Province, Central Asia, which was the birthplace of the Persian scholar ash-Shahrastānī
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| as-Sirajān
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Corruption of Sīrjān (سيرجان), a regional center in the Kerman Province of Iran conquered by Rashidun commander Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Ḥarithi in the 640s
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| al-Mansūra
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(المنصورة) Also known as Brahmanabad, capital of Sindh province under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates
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| al-Kūfah
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(الكوفة) City in 'Iraq founded under the reign of Rashidun Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, which became a major scholarly center
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| al-Madinah
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(المدينة) Often spelled Medina, and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (يثرب), second holiest city in Islam and site of Muhammad's exile, known as the Hijrah or "Migration"; also present as the capital of the Rashidun Independent Power
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| Rāma-hurmuz
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(رامهرمز) City in Iran's Khuzestan Province, and birthplace of the Persian scholar al-Rāmahurmuzī
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| al-Basrah
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(البصرة) City in 'Iraq founded in 636 under the reign of Rashidun Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, which became a major scholarly center and port
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| al-Rayy
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(الري) Arabic name of Ray (ری) or Rey, city in northern Iran which is now a neighbourhood of Tehrān; also present as the Persian city of Ragā
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| Halab
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(حلب) Known in English as Aleppo, city in Syria, which later served as the capital of the Hamdanid Emirateof Mosul and Aleppo
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| Balkh
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(بلخ) City in Bactria, conquered in 715 by the Umayyads, and lost by the Abbasids to the Saffarid Dynasty in 870, during the "Anarchy at Samarra"; also present as the Persian city of Bactria ie. Bāxtriš (𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁)
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| Bust
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(بُست) Also spelled Bost or Boost, and now known as Lashkargāh (لشکرگاه) in Persian, city in Afghanistan lost by the Abbasids to the Saffarid Dynasty
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| ar-Raqqah
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(الرّقّة) Also spelled Raqqa, city in Syria which was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate under Hārūn ar-Rāshīd
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| Bardha‘a
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(برذعة) City in Caucasian Albania (now Azerbaijan), conquered by the Rashiduns around 652
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| Āmol
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(آمل) City in northern Iran, which later became the capital of the Ziyarid Dynasty during the Iranian Intermezzo
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| Suhār
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(صحار Ṣuḥār) Also known as Mazūn (مزون), city in Oman, legendary birthplace of Sinbād
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| al-Ahsā
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(الأحساء) Also known as al-Ḥasā (الحساء) or Hajar (هجر), oasis near the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula (historical Bahrain), which was lost by the Abbasids during the Qarmatian insurgency led by Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
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| Jiraft
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(جیرفت) City in southeastern Iran which was site of one of the oldest civilizations on earth, the Bronze Age Jiroft Culture
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| Ziranj
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(زرنج) Also known as Zranka, border city in southwestern Afghanistan, conquered by the Rashiduns in 652
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| Marw
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(مرو) Also spelled Merv or Marv, Silk Road city in Khorasan, which was one of the largest if not the largest city in the world from 1000-1300 and the center of the eastern Islamic world under the Abbasids
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| Harāt
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(هرات) City in Afghanistan noted for its textile industry during the Abbasid period; also present as the Persian city of Haraiva (𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺) and as the capital of the Afghan Independent Power
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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 or, at an advanced start, the first