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3 unusual facts about Rusafa


Al-Kahraba

Al-Kahraba football club (Electric Club or Electricity Club) is an Iraqi football club based in Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad.

Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi

The Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, close to panic, brought Sa'id to his residence at Rusafa and appointed him to lead an army against the Khazars, but he had few troops at hand.

Talaba SC

Talaba Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الطلبة) is an Iraqi football club based in Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad.


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Assassins

During the mid-12th century the Assassins captured or acquired several fortresses in the Nusayriyah Mountain Range in coastal Syria, including Masyaf, Rusafa, al-Kahf, al-Qadmus, Khawabi, Sarmin, Quliya, Ulayqa, Maniqa, Abu Qubays and Jabal al-Summaq.


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