Light on Wasit City in Al-Ammawi and Al-Abbasi Eras A Study in Morphology of the City | ||
| journal of arabian sciences heritage | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 443-466 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Assistant Teacher; Nada Jawad Mohammed Ali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| (Abstract Research) This research submitted to be a clear form for a city has famous civilization extended many centuries , made its obvious stamps & prominent for eyesight through what left us of edifices stated witnesses of Islamic cities , that are distinguished from others by its model , engineering of buildings that are taken special characteristics display thought creativity features & Islamic Arabian art , and this research clarifies from thought & design of Al-Hajjaj in building Wasit City that appeared as a result from the political conditions that Iraq faced them in general , and Al-Hajjaj in particular , the increasing of revolutions from different governorates , increasing numbers of enemies against Al-Hajjaj led to make him think to build city be protected , near to other cities , but it is in the same time away from revolutions , so he chose a city with suitable location as health , economic , political & military fields , and it was called Wasit , because it was in the middle between Kufa , Basrah & Baghdad , to be crossing conquests towards east , and borders of Wasit governorate was drawn in the west side of Tigris river So planning of the city , its architectural developing resulted from civilization ,highbred originality which developed & prospered to unify with the east side to make one city At the beginning of planning the city was supported with siege , pitch , mosque , state house , in addition to markets , shops , schools , ways , which indicated to develope of thought life for this city , in the tenth century of Hijra , when Tigris river started to change its stream became away from current east stream that passes through Al-Emara governorate seemingly that fame of Wasit governorate started to be vanished , to be remained as city of tourists who are taking care of Islamic architecture | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Ammawi and Al; Abbasi Eras | ||
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