Isbanir
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Isbanir is a city referred to in the 1001 Nights as the home of Fakir Taj. It is believed to be based on the real-life Persian city of Asbanbar (in modern-day Iraq
), which was one of the seven cities that entailed the Persian capital Ctesiphon
. Isbanir is a corruption of the name Asbanbar or Aspanbar.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
), which was one of the seven cities that entailed the Persian capital Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon, the imperial capital of the Parthian Arsacids and of the Persian Sassanids, was one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia.The ruins of the city are located on the east bank of the Tigris, across the river from the Hellenistic city of Seleucia...
. Isbanir is a corruption of the name Asbanbar or Aspanbar.