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Dujaila Redoubt
Dujaila may refer: *Battle of Dujaila, 1916 battle between Ottoman and British forces near Kut, Iraq. *Dujaila River The Dujaila River ( ar, نهر الدجيلة), also called the Dujailah, Dujaili, Dujaylah or Nahr Shaţţ ad Dujaylah, is a river and irrigation canal in the Wasit Governorate of Iraq. The canal was created shortly after the Kut Barrage was cre ..., an irrigation canal stemming from the Tigris. *Dujaila depression, the natural feature that the above are named after. {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Dujaila
The Battle of Dujaila ( tr, Sâbis Muharebesi) was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the Anglo-Indian relief force, led by Lieutenant-General Fenton Aylmer, attempted to relieve the city. The attempt failed, and Aylmer lost 4,000 men. Background Throughout most of 1915, the Anglo-Indian expedition, designated Indian Expeditionary Force D, had advanced up both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Originally dispatched to capture the Shatt al Arab and Basra, to protect the British oilfields in Iran, Force "D"'s mission in Mesopotamia expanded gradually as local commanders saw a chance for victories which would burnish the British Empire's prestige in the Muslim world. At the battles of Qurna, Nasiriyeh, and Es Sinn, Force "D" defeated elements of the Ottoman Sixth Army. After the Battle of Es Sinn, the Anglo-Indian force controlled the Tigris and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dujaila River
The Dujaila River ( ar, نهر الدجيلة), also called the Dujailah, Dujaili, Dujaylah or Nahr Shaţţ ad Dujaylah, is a river and irrigation canal in the Wasit Governorate of Iraq. The canal was created shortly after the Kut Barrage was created in 1943 as part of an agricultural project to convert the desert into fertile farmland. The canal starts at and ends at . Due the canal being a tributary of the Tigris, droughts on the Tigris have caused problems on the river. In February 2018, a drought struck the river, causing people to drill wells as well as buy water and transport it in tanks to get water. It also caused farmers to block roads and protest the government's negligence in developing water solutions. The canal is designed to irrigate 92,000 hectares of land. References Further reading Fisk, Brad (1952). " Dujaila: Iraq's Pilot Project for Land Settlement". ''Economic Geography''. 28 (4): 343–354. doi:10.2307/141972. ISSN An International Standard Serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
