With the election of Khan Mongke in 1251, Mongol targeted the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.

After this period of travel, he settled down in the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.

He was in charge at Samarra, the Abbasid capital at the time, of the Turkish troops of al-Mu'tasim.

Escorted by the Arabs, Andronikos and his family crossed the border, coming first to Tarsus and finally to the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.

Born a Nestorian Christian, he converted to Islam and served as a secretary in the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.

The move however only succeeded in destroying the agriculture of the region, hitherto the breadbasket of the Abbasid capital.

Under as-Saffah, he was appointed governor of Kufa, the first Abbasid capital.

The Hamdanids' success and rule over the Abbasid capital lasted for little more than a year.

The city of Baghdad was constructed on the Tigris River, in 762, to serve as the new Abbasid capital.

It was later rivalled by an institute established at the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.