Al-Hindiya

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Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ({{langx|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 ({{langx|ar|طويريج}}), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" ({{langx|ar|ركضة طويريج}}) that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura.{{cite news|title=1 million pilgrims perform Tuwairij rush in Karbala|url=http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=124274|access-date=9 December 2010|newspaper=Aswat al-Iraq|date=27 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185705/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=124274|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}} 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 to provide drinkable water for the region.مجلة التراث الشعبي - العدد الأول - سنة 2002 {{in lang|ar}}

Notable people

Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days.

References

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{{Districts of Iraq}}

Hindiya

Hindiya

Category:India–Iraq relations

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