Dar al-Salam

Not to be confused with Dar es Salaam, a city in Tanzania.

Dar al-Salam means House or Abode of Peace in Arabic and may refer to;

Dar al-Islam - A term used by Muslim scholars to refer to countries where Islam can be practiced safely.

Baghdad - The Abbasid ruler Al-Mansur gave Baghdad the name Dar al-Salam[1] during which time it became a centre for wisdom produced during the Islamic Golden Age.

The term Dar al-Salam occurs in the Quran in Sura 10:25 and Surah 6:127 as a name of Paradise.[2]

  1. ↑ Gale Encyclopedia of the Mideast & N. Africa, Baghdad, http://www.answers.com/topic/baghdad
  2. ↑ The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Brill, Leiden. Vol. 2, p. 128
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