Investigating Impact of Baghdad Urban Structure on the Health of its Inhabitants during the (first) Period of the Abbasid Caliphate

 Baghdad, as the capital of the Abbasid state for five centuries, has enjoyed great glory in the Islamic civilization and even the world civilization of its time. From the very beginning of the construction of Baghdad, the Abbasid caliphs paid close attention to the proper urban structure of Baghdad, so that Mansour Abbasi hired many architects, astronomers and even physicians to build this city. However, despite the efforts made, the urban structure of Baghdad progressed in such a way that it played a great role in the spread of diseases and deaths of its time. Baghdad has studied the death rate of this city in the first Abbasid period.

 The main materials of this research are first-hand sources of Islamic history, which include historical sources, geographical books and medical history texts. New research on the social situation of the Abbasids has also been used in the form of articles. Research method in this research. Historical-analytical and data collection has been done by library method.

Ethical Considerations: 

Honesty and fidelity have been observed in reporting and publishing materials.

 It seems that the urban structure of Baghdad has not always led to the prosperity and prosperity of the lives of its people; Rather, the urban structure and dense and unprincipled constructions have gradually been effective in spreading pathogens and finally increasing the death rate in Baghdad during the first Abbasid period.

 Based on the results of this study, the artificial geographical context of Baghdad in the form of factors such as: urban structure (alleys, urban thoroughfares), the shape of residential buildings, streets, markets, prisons, baths, reservoirs and wells, etc. or the occurrence of accidents Because of the fire and its spread due to the wooden structure of the bridges in Baghdad, they played a great role in increasing the pathogens, which resulted in an increase in the number of deaths in Baghdad during the Abbasid period.