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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho
<jodan99@...> wrote:
> What's the origin of name Baghdad ?
>
>
> Joao SL
> Rio
"Baghdadu was an ancient Babylonian city, dating back perhaps as far
as 2000 B.C., the name occurring in lists in the library of Assur-
bani-pal. .. References in the Jewish Talmud show that this city
still continued to exist at and after the commencement of our era;
but according to Arabian writers, at the time when the Arab city of
Bagdad was founded by the caliph Mansour, there was nothing on that
site but an old convent. One may venture to doubt the literal
accuracy of this statement. It is clear that the ancient name, at
least still held firm possesion of the site, and was hence inherited
by the new city." (11th Britannica)
I presume there's a Babylonian etymology; I'll see if I can find
it.
Dan