Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, whose given name was Ibrahim Awwad al-Badri al-Samarrai, was born in 1971 in the city of Samarra, 130km north of Baghdad. By Stephen Farrell January 26, 2010 6:16 pm January 26, ... attempt the Baghdad grocer looked at us askance and asked if we were trying to buy up all the full-fat cream in east Baghdad. The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was killed today when terrorists blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 14 others and injuring dozens more in what Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced as an inexcusable "act of … Classified U.S. military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, was … ‘Death to America’ chants heard in Baghdad echo the Iran hostage crisis Iranian students climb over the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. Death Speaks: There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. Exclusive: An Iraqi woman tells The Independent how her hope turned to despair World reacts to death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Al-Baghdadi reportedly killed himself after running into a dead-end tunnel during a US military raid in northwest Syria. Ali needed to travel on a long journey, and so he sold nearly all of his household goods and rented out his home. I told this story on my next holiday in … In the capital city of Baghdad where the king lived, there also lived a merchant named Ali. One Death in Baghdad. His father is said to have preached at a … The notes on 'When Death Came to Baghdad' start: "This treatment of the Story of Death is taken from Hikayat-i-Naqshia ('Tales formed according to a design'). Death Death speaks: There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the market-place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death … Ali and the Merchant of Baghdad ~ Folktale Stories for Kids This story takes place o ver a thousand years ago, when a good and kind king named Haroun al-Raschid ruled the land of Persia.. There once was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to the market to… 'My family would gather in one room, waiting for death': An Iraqi woman's story of life in Baghdad during the war. Baghdad is a mere baby, too, when compared with Uruk, another ancient Mesopotamian urban settlement, which lays claim to being one of the world’s earliest cities … (AFP/Getty Images)