Gold dinar coin. It was minted at Baghdad ... It was built in AD876 during the Abbasid dynasty. Muhammad later moved to the city of Medina and built a mosque (Islamic place of worship).

The Abbasids’ economy was money driven. The caliphs minted their own dirhams, a silver coin that had been in use for centuries by the Persians. It was the silver dirham that lured the ...

Baghdad:Iraqhas announced the discovery of an ancient city dating back to the Abbasid era in Basra Governorate, southernIraq, estimated to be more ...