Ukbara

Ukbara was a town on the Tigris between Baghdad and Samarra. Medieval geographers placed it in the Dujayl district and counted it among the stops on the roads leading north from Baghdad. Yaqut described it as a small town and named the scholar al-Ukbari among its sons; Ibn Khallikan likewise noted that it had produced a number of learned men. Its position joined the river settlements to the routes serving the two Abbasid capitals.