Anbar
الأنبار | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Iraq_adm_location_map.svg)  Anbar Anbar's location inside Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 33°22.5′N 43°43′E / 33.3750°N 43.717°E[1] | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Al Anbar |
Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanized: al-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanized: Anbar[2]) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a moderately prosperous town through the 10th century, but quickly declined thereafter. As a local administrative centre, it survived until the 14th century, but was later abandoned.
Its ruins are near modern Fallujah. The city gives its name to the Al-Anbar Governorate.
- ^ Streck & Duri 1960, p. 484.
- ^ Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Peruz Shapur — ܐܢܒܐܪ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/211.