Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Samarra Archaeological City' has mentioned 'Baghdad' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78xc2xa0mi) north of Baghdad. | WIKI |
| Samarra remained the residence of the caliph until 892, when al-Mu'tadid eventually returned to Baghdad. | WIKI |
| The Nestorian patriarch Sargis (860xe2x80x9372) moved the patriarchal seat of the Church of the East from Baghdad to Samarra, and one or two of his immediate successors may also have sat in Samarra so as to be close to the seat of power. | WIKI |
| Its population returned to Baghdad and the city rapidly declined. | WIKI |
| During the 20th century, Samarra gained new importance when a permanent lake, Lake Tharthar, was created through the construction of the Samarra Barrage, which was built in order to prevent the frequent flooding of Baghdad. | WIKI |
| The metaphor of "Having an appointment in Samarra", signifying death, is a literary reference to an ancient Babylonian myth recorded in the Babylonian Talmud and transcribed by W. Somerset Maugham,[13] in which Death narrates a man's futile attempt to escape him by fleeing from Baghdad to Samarra. | WIKI |
| Samarra was the second capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after Baghdad. | UNESCO |
| Following the loss of the monuments of Baghdad, Samarra represents the only physical trace of the Caliphate at its height. | UNESCO |