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Anbar Clashes (2013–14)
Anbar may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Iraq * Anbar (town), near Iraqi capital Baghdad * Al Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate (; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population ..., a province of Iraq Elsewhere * Anbar, Iran (other) * Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan * Anbar, Kocaköy Other uses * Electricity, in ''His Dark Materials'', by Philip Pullman; see ''His Dark Materials'' terminology See also * Anbari (other) * Anwar (other) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbar (town)
Anbar (, ) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq. It played a role in the Roman–Persian Wars of the 3rd–4th centuries, and briefly became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate before the founding of Baghdad in 762. It remained a moderately prosperous town through the 10th century, but quickly declined thereafter. As a local administrative centre, it survived until the 14th century, but was later abandoned. Its ruins are near modern Fallujah. The city gives its name to the Al-Anbar Governorate. History Origins The city is located on the left bank of the Middle Euphrates, at the junction with the Nahr Isa canal, the first of the navigable canals that link the Euphrates to the River Tigris to the east. The origins of the city are unknown, but ancient, perhaps dating to the Babylonian era and even earlier: the local artificial mound of Tell Aswad dates to . Sasanian period The town was originally known as Misiche ( Greek: ), Mesiche (), or Massice ( mš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Anbar Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate (; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is mostly Sunni Arabs. The provincial capital is Ramadi; other important cities include Fallujah, Al-Qa'im and Haditha. The governorate was known as Ramadi up to 1976 when it was renamed Al Anbar Province, and it was known as ''Dulaim'' before 1962. A large majority of the inhabitants of the province are Arab Sunni Muslims and most belong to the Dulaim tribe. In early 2014, the Islamic State, with the assistance of some local Sunni militias, launched a successful campaign to seize control of the province from the Iraqi government. Numerous offensive actions were undertaken by the Iraqi government, with the assistance of local Sunni tribes to remove IS's occupation of the province, especially in the Anbar campaign (2015–16), the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbar, Iran (other)
Anbar () in Iran, may refer to: * Anbar, Khuzestan (عنبر - ''ʿAnbar'') * Anbar, West Azerbaijan (انبار - ''Anbār'') * Anbar-e Maran Anbar-e Maran (, also Romanized as Anbār-e Mārān; also known as Anbār-e Mīānī and Anbār-e Vasaţ) is a village in Chaldoran-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Chaldoran County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Ir ..., West Azerbaijan Province * Anbar-e Olya, West Azerbaijan Province * Anbar-e Olya, Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province * Anbar-e Sofla, West Azerbaijan Province {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbar, Swabi
Anbar is an administrative unit, known as Union council of Swabi District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. District Swabi has 4 Tehsils i.e. Swabi Tehsil, Lahor, Topi Tehsil and Razar Razzar is a tehsil located in Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Its administrative seat is located in Shewa Adda near Kalu Khan. It consists of different villages and union councils, including, Sheikh Jana ,Yaqubi, Yar Hussain, Sudhi .... Each Tehsil comprises certain numbers of union councils. There are 56 union councils in district Swabi. Anbar is situated between the union council Zaida & Tehsil Lahore. University of swabi is also located in Anbar. See also * Swabi District * Hund External linksKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbar, Kocaköy
Anbar () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kocaköy, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... and had a population of 550 in 2022. References Neighbourhoods in Kocaköy District Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province {{Diyarbakır-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Dark Materials Terminology
''His Dark Materials'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of '' Northern Lights'' (1995; published as ''The Golden Compass'' in North America), ''The Subtle Knife'' (1997), and ''The Amber Spyglass'' (2000). It follows the coming of age of two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a series of parallel universes. The novels have won a number of awards, including the Carnegie Medal in 1995 for ''Northern Lights'' and the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year for ''The Amber Spyglass''. In 2003, the trilogy was ranked third on the BBC's The Big Read poll."BBC – The Big Read" BBC. April 2003. Retrieved 26 July 2019 Although ''His Dark Materials'' has been marketed as |
Anbari (other)
Anbari may refer to: * Anbari, Hormozgan * Anbari, South Khorasan * Anbari (tribe), an Arab tribe * Abu Ali al-Anbari Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (; 1957 or 1959 March 2016), better known as Abu Ali al-Anbari (), was the governor for territories held by the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Considered the IS second-in-command (along with Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, h ..., a leader of ISIL See also * Anbar (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
