While David Kessler and Peter Temin consider ancient Rome to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first to have exceeded a population of over 1 million, George Modelski considers medieval Baghdad, with an estimated population of 1. 2 million at its peak, to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first with a population of over one million.

While in Baghdad, Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab married an affluent woman.

While he was encamped in Baghdad, Murad IV is known to have met the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's ambassadors: Mir Zarif and Mir Baraka, who presented 1000 pieces of finely embroidered cloth and even armor.

While he was encamped in Baghdad, Sultan Murad IV is known to have met the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's ambassadors: Mir Zarif and Mir Baraka, who presented 1000 pieces of finely embroidered cloth and even armor.

While Syria and Iraq returned their ambassadors to Baghdad and Damascus, respectively, in the autumn of 2010, Syrian and Iraqi security cooperation has been largely inactive since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in August 2009 accused Baathists harbored by Syria of fomenting terrorism in Iraq.

While Baghdad became peaceful, there were disturbances elsewhere.

While they accepted the titular authority of the caliph in Baghdad, the Būyid rulers assumed effective control of the state.

While tablets from Yorghan Tepe began appearing back as far as 1896, the first serious archaeological efforts began in 1925 after Gertrude Bell noticed tablets appearing in the markets of Baghdad.

While he was in Baghdad, he also set up a network of agents, termed " witnesses ", in Iran and Iraq to routinize the charismatic authority of the movement.

While under Samanid control, Bukhara was a rival to Baghdad in its glory.

While serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq his team was attacked by a group of Iraqi fighters and after a short firefight he was killed by Iraqi fire.

While both Basrah and Baghdad were centers of the Mu ' tazila school of thought, the great ( orthodox ) Shafi ' i jurist al-Subki ( d. 756 / 1355 ) would later condemn al-Mawardi for his Mu ' tazila sympathies.

While describing the situation in Baghdad, he famously stated " Clearly I've never been there, but this feels like we're in the center of hell.

As terrorism analyst Evan Kohlman points out, " While there have been a number of promising intelligence leads hinting at possible meetings between al-Qaeda members and elements of the former Baghdad regime, nothing has been yet shown demonstrating that these potential contacts were historically any more significant than the same level of communication maintained between Osama bin Laden and ruling elements in a number of Iraq's Persian Gulf neighbors, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Qatar, and Kuwait.

While on this deployment, the Death Rattlers transitioned from Operation Southern Watch to Operation Iraqi Freedom conducting sorties into Baghdad on the first night of the war.

While continuing his religious activities and adding over 250 published books to his CV, Hadi was closely involved in efforts to expose & bring down the regime in Baghdad.

While deployed, the Soldiers of the 502nd continued to improve security conditions within their assigned area of operations and began to train Iraqi security forces within Southern Baghdad and the infamous area of Mahamudiyah, Lutafiyah and Yusifiyah.

While deployed, “ First Strike ” operated in Northwest Baghdad.

While Hasan Buzurg would recognize Togha Temur as his suzerain again for a time, Jahan Temür was his last puppet Ilkhan, and the Jalayirid ( Ilkan ) dynasty of Baghdad came to rule in its own right.

While it was in defence of social justice in his home region that al-Hawrani made his name, he also had a strong Arab nationalist outlook, and headed to Baghdad to support the Rashid Ali movement in Iraq in 1941 ; in 1948 he commanded armed groups who engaged in attacks against Zionist settlements in Palestine.

While the exact ethnic distribution of the Iraqi population by governorate is unknown, because the country has not had an official census for 15 years, governorates that include substantial Sunni populations include Baghdad, Al Anbar, Salah ad Din, Ninawa and Diyala.

While primarily utilised for ceremonial purposes, the regiment can be deployed for internal security or police roles if required.

While the 916th regiment, defending the center of the 352nd zone, was reporting that the landings had been frustrated, it was also requesting reinforcement.

While different battalions may have different roles ( for example different battalions of the Frontier Force Regiment may be mechanized infantry, para infantry or mountain troops ) the regiment is considered to encompass all of them.

While it is modelled on the British SAS, with which it shares the motto " Who Dares Wins ", the regiment also draws on the experience of World War II Australian special reconnaissance and commando units, such as Z Special Unit (" Z Force ").

While the main force conducted routine maintenance, the 8th King's Royal Irish and 11th ( Prince Albert's Own ) Hussars ( the division's armoured car regiment ) reconnoitred the flanks.

While every regiment was required to undertake a period of duty beyond the Khyber Pass, for the most part conditions of peace and prosperity were evident and Trenchard was able to engage in various sporting activities.

While he appears to have given up command of the regiment after that campaign, he apparently participated in some capacity in the 1777 Saratoga campaign, for he is depicted in the painting of the Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga by John Trumbull ,< ref >

While Lord Loudoun contemplated creating light infantry companies in each redcoat battalion, the idea was scrapped when Colonel Thomas Gage proposed to raise a regiment of Light Armed Foot, that became Gage's 80th Regiment.

While the second battalion of the Finnish 16th infantry regiment ( II / JR 16 ) was preparing to attack along the road it was interrupted by an attack from the Soviet 609th regiment.

* Norrbottens regemente ( I 19 ) ( While designated as infantry, the regiment is responsible for the training of most army branches in the Northern Sweden ) Boden

While Howard's wing was delayed near Ball's Bluff, the 1st Alabama Cavalry ( a Federal regiment ) engaged Confederate pickets.

While at Fort Sheridan the regiment played a vital role in containing the Chicago Railway Riots in July 1894.

While the tanks of the regiment were being loaded onto Italian cargo ships in the port of Naples, the cargo ship Leverkusen caught fire and sank, resulting in the loss of the 10 Panzer IIIs and three Panzer IVs on board.

While silence was imposed on the officers of Esterhazy's regiment, suspicions were thrown on the defenders of Dreyfus.

While attending McGill, Alexandre joined the Canadian Forces as a Reserve Entry Scheme Officer at the Royal Canadian Hussars reserve regiment in 1996.

While he was in the 20th, the regiment saw considerable action including the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days, Antietam and Fredericksburg .< ref >

While there, the regiment patrolled the border with Soviet occupied East Berlin.

While on leave in Boston, Shaw is promoted to Colonel, and given command of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first all-black regiment.

While his regiment was in South Africa in 1902 for the Second Boer War, Halswelle's ability was recognised by Jimmy Curran, a coach and former professional athlete.

While Clark and his officers drilled the troops in preparation for the Kaskaskia expedition, the families who had traveled with the regiment down the Ohio River settled on the island and planted a corn crop.

While the Army of the Potomac crept slowly toward Richmond, a fourth regiment joined the brigade: the 29th Massachusetts, a regiment formed mainly of Puritan descendants.

While the rest of the division was training in the Middle East, the division's third artillery regiment, the 2 / 3rd Field Regiment and the 2 / 1st Anti-tank Regiment were sent to the United Kingdom to help bolster the garrison there in light of an expected invasion following the Fall of France.

While Agesilaus was in camp preparing to sell off his spoils, the Athenian general Iphicrates, with a force composed almost entirely of light troops and peltasts ( javelin throwers ), won a decisive victory against the Spartan regiment that had been stationed at Lechaeum in the Battle of Lechaeum.