Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( ar, الهندية) is a city in Iraq on the

Euphrates River The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of

Al-Hindiya District Al-Hindiya District ( ar, قضاء الهندية, translit=Kaza Al-Hindiya) is a district of the Karbala Governorate, Iraq. Its largest town is Al-Hindiya, to the east of Karbala. The Hindiya Barrage in the north of the district controls floods a ...

. The city used to be known as Tuwairij ( ar, طويريج), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" ( ar, ركضة طويريج) that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura. It has 84,100 citizens.

History

The city was founded in 1793 AD by "''Muhammad Yahya Asif Al-Dawla Bahadur Al-Hindi''" ( محمّد يحيى آصف الدولة بهادر الهندي), who was the first Nawab of Awadh. He funded digging a canal on the

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

to provide drinkable water for the region.مجلة التراث الشعبي - العدد الأول - سنة 2002

Notable people

Nouri al Maliki Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...

went to school there in his younger days.

References

Hindiya Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( ar, الهندية) is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij ( ar, طويريج), which gives ...

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