Salman Pak
Arabic: سَلْمَان بَاك
Persian: سلمان پاک
city
Salman Pak's famous Taq Kasra, the largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world and the only visible remaining structure of the ancient city of Ctesiphon
Salman Pak's famous Taq Kasra, the largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world and the only visible remaining structure of the ancient city of Ctesiphon
Salman Pak is located in Iraq
Salman Pak
Salman Pak
Location in Iraq
Salman Pak is located in Middle East
Salman Pak
Salman Pak
Salman Pak (Middle East)
Salman Pak is located in Asia
Salman Pak
Salman Pak
Salman Pak (Asia)
Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E / 33.100; 44.583
Country Iraq
GovernorateBaghdad
DistrictAl-Mada'in
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 • Total117,500

Salman Pak (Arabic: سَلْمَان بَاك, Persian: سلمان پاک, romanized: Solomon the Pure) is a city located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Baghdad near a peninsula formed by a broad eastward bend of the Tigris. It is named after Salman the Persian, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who is believed to be buried in Salman Al-Farsi Mosque in the city.[1][2]

The city overlaps with the ancient metropolis of al-Mada'in, which includes the ruins of ancient Ctesiphon and ancient Seleucia. It is also quite close to the Salman Pak facility, an Iraqi military installation which was a key center of Saddam Hussein's biological and chemical weapons programs, though none of these were found.[3] The site included training grounds used by Iraqi intelligence to direct Special Operations Forces.

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References

  1. ↑ "سلمان الفارسي - الصحابة - موسوعة الاسرة المسلمة" (in Arabic). Islam.aljayyash.net. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Rockets hit Shia tomb in Iraq". Al Jazeera. 27 February 2006. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Salman Pak - Iraq Special Weapons Facilities


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