The Nahrawan Canal (Persian: کانال نهروان) was a major irrigation system of the Sasanian and early Islamic periods in central Iraq, along the eastern banks...

The Battle of Nahrawan (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة النَّهْرَوَان, romanized: Ma'rakat an-Nahrawān) was fought between the army of Caliph Ali and the rebel group...

violence against civilians, Ali's forces crushed them in the Battle of Nahrawan. Soon after, Mu'awiya also seized control of Egypt with the aid of Amr...

Many of them were won back by Ali, while the rest assembled near the Nahrawan Canal on the east bank of the Tigris river. Following this exodus, they became...

Ctesiphon. Heraclius could not attack Ctesiphon itself because the Nahrawan Canal was blocked by the collapse of a bridge. The Persian army rebelled and...

Caliphate, it was known for its date and fruit orchards, irrigated by the Nahrawan Canal. It is now known as the centre of Iraq's commercial orange groves. Baqubah's...

of Nahrawan in 658, but their insurrection continued. Ali was assassinated in 661 by a Kharijite dissident seeking revenge for the defeat at Nahrawan. After...

Many of them were won back by Ali, while the rest assembled near the Nahrawan Canal on the east bank of the Tigris river. Following this exodus, they became...

Bahram, however, ignored his warning—a few days later, he reached the Nahrawan Canal near Ctesiphon, where he fought Khosrow's men, who were heavily outnumbered...

who later terrorized the public and were crushed by Ali in the Battle of Nahrawan in 658. Ali was assassinated in 661 by the Kharijite dissident Ibn Muljam...

the opening of the Qatul al-Kisrawi, the northern extension of the Nahrawan Canal which drew water from the Tigris in the region of Samarra, attributed...

requirements of good husbandry.": 216  The intentional breaching of the Nahrawan canal by Ibn Ra'iq in 937 led to a severe water shortage in the region, leading...

also Iskāf, was an ancient and medieval city of Iraq, located on the Nahrawan Canal at the present site of Sumāka. In its heyday, during the Sasanian period...

construction, another major feature of Samarra was the inlets of the great Nahrawan canal. This provided flood plains for a rich agricultural centre. Small and...

Madharaya was at the site of modern Kut. It lay at the point where the Nahrawan Canal flowed out into the Tigris. Madharaya has been identified as the hometown...

who in made the last serious effort to repair and re-open the nearby Nahrawan Canal in 1140. Noor Sabri, Iraqi football goalkeeper. "Republic of Iraq -...

prevented from attacking Ctesiphon by the destruction of the bridges on the Nahrawan Canal. Discredited by this series of disasters, Khosrow was overthrown and...

early Islamic period, the lower course of the river formed part of the Nahrawan Canal. The Diyala Governorate in Iraq is named after the river. It may be...

strength, they also constructed fortresses, built up a navy for traversing the canals and rivers of the region, collected taxes in territories under their control...

first settlement after Baghdad was Nahrawan or Jisr Nahrawan ("Bridge of Nahrawan"), named after the great Nahrawan Canal which passed through it. In the...

Nahravan (Persian: نهروان) may refer to: Nahrawan Canal, an ancient Persian irrigation system in modern-day Iraq Nahravan, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province...

prevented from attacking Ctesiphon by the destruction of the bridges on the Nahrawan Canal and conducted further raids before withdrawing up the Diyala into north-western...

Chobin, however, ignored his warning—a few days later, he reached the Nahrawan Canal near Ctesiphon, where he fought Khosrow's men, who were heavily outnumbered...

since the canal played a central role in the ancient irrigation system of the Sawad. As Hugh N. Kennedy writes, "the breach of the Nahrawan canal was simply...

from attacking Ctesiphon only by the destruction of the bridges on the Nahrawan Canal. Khosrau was overthrown and killed in a coup led by his son Kavadh II...

itself, as the Nahrawan Canal was blocked due to the collapse of a bridge leading over it, and he did not attempt to bypass the canal. Regardless, the...

structures, Khosrow also had a large-scale canal system created in Asoristan, known in Islamic sources as the Nahrawan Canal. Out of all his constructions, his...

north of Baghdad on the east side of the Tigris, near the head of the Nahrawan Canal. After sending men to buy up the local properties, including a Christian...

Wahb, who had meanwhile moved his camp to another location along the Nahrawan Canal. At this point, the Kharijites proclaimed Ali's caliphate to be null...

early Islamic periods, the lower course of the river formed part of the Nahrawan Canal. The Diyala Governorate in Iraq is named after the river. In Iran the...