Bibliography of Samarra in a Glance

Samarra’, Samarrah (ÓÇãÑå) or Sarra Man Ra’a (ÓÑ ãä ÑÇی) is one of the great religious and historic cities of Iraq. This city is now in the province of Salahuddin, some 125 kilometer away from the city of Baghdad, lies in between the journey from Tikreek to Baghdad. This pilgrimage city has much importance near Shias due to the holy shrine of Imamayn Askariyain (a. s) and the place of birth of Hazrat Wali-al-Asr (the Imam of the times) (a. s) which lie in it. Samarra' has witnessed tumultuous days in third century after Hijrah in it, afterwards it passed through immense ups and downs.
There are numerous reports transmitted about the appallation and the history of building of this city in the books of history and traditions, while many of the references have been introduced in this article.
In this bibliography, in addition to proper books about Samarra', the valuable references which have even pointed out about this city, are also introduced. This article presents totally 284 writings, consisting upon 117 books in Arabic, 107 books in Persian, 1 book in Urdu, 1 Magazine, 37 articles in Arabic, 21 artices in Persian, alphabetically, to the researchers along with complete bibliographic information and page number on which the topic about Samarra’ has been discussed.