Karkh

Japanese: Karkh
Karkh

...The Ruṣāfa district was formed around the military garrison built on the east bank by the third caliph, Mahdi (reigned 775-785), and it is said that the Barmak family, who produced successive viziers, had a vast mansion in the Shammāsiya district to the north. The market (suq) was originally located along the four arcades connecting the outer and inner walls of the fort, but in 773 it was moved to the Karkh district, about 2 km south, to maintain public order in the fort. Karkh was mainly inhabited by Shiite merchants and industrialists, and it soon developed into a major center of production and commerce that brought together the advanced technologies of the time. ...

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Japanese:

…第3代カリフ,マフディー(在位775‐785)が東岸に建設した軍隊の駐屯地の周辺にはルサーファRuṣāfa地区が形成され,歴代の宰相を輩出したバルマク家もその北のシャンマーシーヤShammāsīya地区に広大な屋敷を構えていたと伝えられる。市場(スーク)は最初,円城の外壁と内壁とを結ぶ4本のアーケードに沿って置かれていたが,773年円城の治安を維持するために,約2km南のカルフKarkh地区へと移された。カルフには主としてシーア派の商工業者が集住し,やがてここが当時の先進技術を集めた生産と商取引の一大センターとして発展してゆく。…

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