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Taq Kasra, the Arch of Khosrow, is the great vaulted hall of the Sasanian palace at Ctesiphon, the city the Arabs called al-Mada'in, about 35 kilometres…
Taq Kasra, the Arch of Khosrow, is the great vaulted hall of the Sasanian palace at Ctesiphon, the city the Arabs called al-Mada'in, about 35 kilometres south-east of Baghdad. Its brick vault, about 37 metres high and 25 metres across, is one of the largest of its kind ever built. When the Muslims under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas took al-Mada'in in 16 AH (637), historians report that Sa'd prayed in the great hall, and Salman al-Farsi later governed the city. Part of the arch collapsed in heavy rain in 2019 and has since been the focus of restoration work. The town of Salman Pak, where the graves of Salman al-Farsi and Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman stand, is a short drive away.