Anbar

ancient city, Iraq
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Also known as: Fairuz Sapur, Massice
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Massice or Fairuz Sapur
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Anbar, ancient Mesopotamian town located on the left bank of the Euphrates River, just north of the modern city of Fallujah and downstream from Al-Ramādī, in central Iraq. Originally called Massice and Fairuz Sapur (Pērōz-Shāpūr), it was destroyed by the Roman emperor Julian in 363 ce. The town was rebuilt and became known from at least the 6th century as Anbar (from Arabic Al-Anbār, “The Storehouses”). Jews from the academy of Pumbeditha took refuge there from Sasanian persecution in 588, and it became a Jewish centre. Anbar was the residence of the Abbasid caliphs from the beginning of that caliphate (750) until the founding of Baghdad (762).

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