…Construction began in 762, and after 100,000 workers and a huge investment of 4 million dirhams, a large circular city surrounded by three walls was completed four years later in 766 (Figure). Mansur named the new city Madina al-Salām (City of Peace) after the name of heaven (Dar al-Salam) in the Quran, but the name Baghdad continued to be used in general. Within the 2.35 km diameter circular fortress were the Golden Gate Palace and the Great Mosque, as well as various government offices, a garrison for the Royal Guard, and the palace of the caliphate, and the four gates on the outer wall led to the roads leading to Khorasan, Basra, Kufa, and Damascus. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Madina al-Salām" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…建設は762年から始まり,10万人の労働者と400万ディルハムの巨費を投じて,4年後の766年に,三重の城壁に囲まれた大規模な円形都市が完成した(図)。マンスールはコーランにある天国(ダール・アッサラーム)の名にちなんで新都の正式名をマディーナ・アッサラームMadīna al‐Salām(平安の都)と定めたが,一般には,その後も旧来通りバグダードの呼称が用いられた。直径2.35kmの円城内には,黄金門宮と大モスクを中心に諸官庁,親衛隊の駐屯所,カリフ一族の館などが置かれ,外壁に設けられた四つの城門は,それぞれホラーサーン,バスラ,クーファ,ダマスクスに至る街道へと通じていた。… ※「Madīna al-Salām」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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