Anbar (town)

Anbar
الأنبار
Anbar is located in Iraq
Anbar
Anbar
Anbar's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°22.5′N 43°43′E / 33.3750°N 43.717°E / 33.3750; 43.717[1]
CountryIraq
GovernorateAl Anbar

Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanizedal-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanizedAnbar[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.

  1. ^ Streck & Duri 1960, p. 484.
  2. ^ Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Peruz Shapur — ܐܢܒܐܪ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/211.