HOROSCOPE OF BAGHDAD FOLIO TIME AND COSMOLOGY:

ESOTERIC TEXT:
FROM AL-BIRUNI’S MANUSCRIPT DRAWING CONNECTION
THE BLACK PAVILION -
CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT NATIONS WITH SATURN’S FIRDARIA
HAFT PAYKAR

HOROSCOPE
OF
BAGHDAD
Presented by: Saad Sultan Sheikh
 ABSTRACT
The Abbasid Caliph Al Mansur established the city of
Baghdad, and soon after its conception, it became the center
of the Islamic Empire during the 9 and 10 centuries. From
what has been studied so far, Baghdad’s growth into a
glorious capital was not only due to its strategic
geographical location, but the planetary positions on the
cosmological plain catalyzed its development. However, to
understand the downfall of Baghdad, Saturn’s Firdaria, in
connection to the concept of time and cosmology, is
essential to understand. The aspects of the horoscope of
Baghdad tend to answer the questions regarding the
inevitable fate of Baghdad. Still, the effects of the planet
Saturn can be further explored via the Black Pavilion of the
Haft Paykar.
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