Al-Mustansiriya University

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Al-Mustansiriya University is one of the universities providing higher education in Baghdad, Iraq restructured in 1927. Which was One of the oldest Islamic universities in the world, it was established in 1227 by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir. Its building, located on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion of 1258, and has been restored. Nearby buildings included the Saray souq, the Baghdadi Museum, Mutanabbi Street, the Abbasid Palace and Caliph's Street. Now the university is relocated in new campus after restructuring. The 16 January 2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely Shiite Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded