1. (noun)Baghdad, Bagdad, capital of Iraq capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the TigrisRiver "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world"
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. bagdad on the Tigris, 500 m. from its mouth, and connected with the Euphrates by canal; is the capital of a province, and one of the most flourishing cities of Asiatic Turkey; dates, wool, grain, and horses are exported; red and yellow leather, cotton, and silk are manufactured; and the transit trade, though less than formerly, is still considerable. It is a station on the Anglo-Indiantelegraph route, and is served by a British-owned fleet of river steamers plying to Basra. Formerly a centre of Arabic culture, it has belonged to Turkey since 1638. An imposing city to look at, it suffers from visitations of cholera and famine.
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