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Wadud Khalil Jumaa
Abdul-Wadud Khalil Jumaa Al-Janabi (Arabic: ودود خليل) (born 1927) was an Iraqi association football, football and basketball player. He competed in the Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics, men's basketball tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and was the captain of the first Iraq national football team. Biography Khalil was born in Baghdad and excelled at various sports from football, basketball, hockey and water polo. He was even trained by Englishman George Raynor who selected the 17-year-old to play at right halfback against Lebanon in 1945 in Baghdad. Wadud went onto pursue a career in the army and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1950 from the prestigious Kuliya Al-Askariya (Military College). As a student he represented the College in table tennis, water polo, badminton and the track and field athletics and captained their football and basketball teams. In 1953 he left the army, reports stated he had been discharged because of a back injury, however the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. In 762 CE, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age, peaking at a population of more than a million. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
