Iraq - Historical Features of the Tigris River in Baghdad Rusafa, which extends from the school Al-Mustansiriya to the Abbasid Palace

The property is located in Rusafa side of the capital, Baghdad, and occupies an important and vital role on the eastern side of the Tigris river and extends about (7.57) hectares. Baghdadgot advantage the Tigris River penetrate geographical area and its impacto n the natural environment and urban and social since its establishment in the second century AH eighth AD at the hands of its founder, the Abbasid Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mansur (136-158) AH, and so far, and the banks of the river is considered the right place for the growth of urban communities (as points of attraction for many of the activities), which its image differedand changed according to the requirements and conditions of each era. The property has been selected for containin gold urban blocks of historical characteristics played an important and prominent role in the ancient Iraq 's political and religious history, particularly in the Abbasid era during the sixteenth and seventeenth AH / twelfth and thirteenth century AD and the period of Ottoman occupation through three centuries of a thousand eleventh and thirteenth AH /seventeenth and eighteenth century AD, and some of which still leads its job such as mosques and turning some others by the time in modern times to important cultural and tourist shrines on the banks of the river. The property includes buildings classified mostly as a national heritage and as the effect of the duty of protection under the Iraqi Antiquities Law No. 36 for the year 1924. No. 55 and published in the Official Gazette in Iraq. The following buildings of the property by the sequence pillar of its geographical location with historical periods reflected by the architecture in Baghdad: - AL- Mustansiriya School / Architecture of Abbasid period in the seventh century of migration. - Alasifyah mosque/ Architecture period of Ottoman occupation in the first century. - AL-Wazeer Mosque / Architecture period of Ottoman occupation in second century A H Arashdiya military yard secondary military school / Architecture period of Ottoman occupation in the third century A. H. - The old building of ASaray complex: / Architecture period of Ottoman occupation in second century A H *TheBuilding of AL- Qishleh and the clock tower. * The old building of the Council of Ministers. * Gateway of As-saray and building thereto. * Building of the old General Police. * Governor House (Dar Al-Wali). - Bait Al-Hikma (Al-Aliya school) / Architecture period of Ottoman occupation in the second century A. H. - Abbasid palace (ASharabeyaschool) Architecture of the Abbasid era A.H.In the sixth and seventh century A.H.