Bagdad

/ bæɡˈdæd /

noun

At a short distance from Bagdad a dervis, celebrated for his holiness, passed his days tranquilly in agreeable solitude.

One day, many years ago (he was yet a youth), Jaffar was walking in the environs of Bagdad.

It is not surprising, then, that the school of Bagdad became celebrated.

As we have said, the two most famous of these were at Bagdad and at Cordova.

It has become the chief office of the Turkish customs department in Bagdad.

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