Field Square

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The sources differ in the reason why the field was named by this name:
Historical sources indicate that the name of the Mahalla and the famous square, which is mediated by the name of the field, dates back to the Abbasid period, where the square was established close to the palaces of the successors and princes of the Abbasids to entertain them through exercise. While some refer to its transformation into a field for training and review of the Ottoman army during Ottoman rule in the early ninth century, which is known in military customs and terminology in the field. The researcher in the history of Baghdad (Ibrahim Abdul Rahman) that "the arena was later converted from the place of training for the Ottoman army to the market for the sale of feed for the horses of vehicles that transport goods and goods and passengers to Baghdad, where the yard field was the main station of the entrance to northern Baghdad,
Where the square was the main station of the entrance to the northern Baghdad, and was also used to display and sell slaves from the countries of Russia, the Caucasus, Armenia and Central Asia, and one of the worst stages in the history of the arena is the allocation of a place to execute the sword death in the Ottoman era, (Taha Naor Aour) amid the crowds of worshipers and drums. "Other sources indicate that the naming of the scene dates back to the nineteenth century in relation to a poet named Omar Field because he was very hesitant at that time.