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City in Baghdad, Iraq
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 CtesiphonSalman 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
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Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E / 33.100; 44.583
Country Iraq
GovernorateBaghdad
DistrictAl-Mada'in
Elevation6 m (20 ft)
Population
 • Total117,500

Salman Pak (Arabic: سَلْمَان بَاك, Persian: سلمان پاک, romanized: Salman 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.

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. 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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