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    The Little Zab or Lower Zab (Arabic: الزاب الاسفل, al-Zāb al-Asfal; Kurdish: Zêy Koya or Zêyê Biçûk; Persian: زاب کوچک, Zâb-e Kuchak; Syriac: ܙܒܐ ܬܚܬܝܐ...
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  • Zab or ZAB may refer to: The Zab rivers: Great Zab, or Upper Zab, river tributary to the Tigris Little Zab, or Lower Zab, river tributary to the Tigris...
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  • in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in and around Arbil between the Great Zab and Little Zab rivers, it was also spoken in Turkey in the city of Cizre and its...
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  • Look up zab, ząb, or Ząb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zab River may refer to: Great Zab, or Upper Zab, a tributary to the Tigris Little Zab, or Lower...
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    The Great Zab or Upper Zab (Arabic: الزَّاب الْكَبِيْر, romanized: ez-Zâb el-Kebîr; Kurdish: Zêy Badînan or Zêyê Mezin; Turkish: Zap; Syriac: ܙܒܐ ܥܠܝܐ...
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    of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with its tributary, the Little Zab, in what is now Iraq, more precisely in the al-Shirqat District of the...
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    primary areas of difference—they split the Mosul Vilayet in two at the Little Zab river, with the French taking the northern part (Mosul and Erbil) and...
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    Al Zab, Al-Zab, or Az-Zab is a town in Iraq administered as part of the Kirkuk Governorate's Hawija District. Between 2014-2017, it was under the control...
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    Murat (Arasān) and Buhtān rivers in Turkey; the Peshkhābur, the Little Zab, the Great Zab, and the Diyala in Iraq; and the Jaghatu (Zarrinarud), the Tātā'u...
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    which they were gathered. The city of Mosul and the area south to the Little Zab was allocated to France in the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement of the First...
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    It is located close to the city of Ranya, and is a reservoir on the Little Zab created by the construction of the Dukan Dam. The Dukan Dam was built...
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    (Tell el-Mjelaat). The area of the Little Zab river, which originates in Iran and joins the Tigris just south of Al Zab in the Kurdistan region of Iraq,...
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    of its affluences are Garzan, Anbarçayi, Batman, and the Great and the Little Zab. Close to its confluence with the Euphrates, the Tigris splits into several...
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  • Shatt Al Arab (شط العرب) Tigris River (ܕܩܠܬ ܢܗܪܐ) (نهر دجلة) Great & Little Zab Rivers Districts of Iraq Iraq in the Qur’an List of largest cities of...
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    Dukan Dam (category Dams on the Little Zab River)
    As Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It impounds the Little Zab, thereby creating Lake Dukan. The Dukan Dam was built between 1954 and...
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    recreation, including swimming. These falls are along a branch of the Little Zab River. The waterfalls are at their most substantial flow during the spring...
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    Shergat), on the right bank of the Tigris, midway between the Great and Little Zab. It remained the capital long after the Assyrians had become the dominant...
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    Wadi Tharthar Wadi Hauran Tigris Diyala River Khasa River 'Adhaim Little Zab Great Zab Khazir River Khabur River Dujaila River Wadi al-Mirah Wadi Hamir...
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    early second millennium BC has been found at Tell Shemshara along the Little Zab. Tell Bazmusian, near Shemshara, was occupied between 5000 BCE and 800...
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  • Siirt, Turkey left Little Khabur tripoint between Turkey, Syria and Iraq Great Zab Calah, Iraq left 426 km (265 mi) Little Zab Baiji, Iraq left 402 km...
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  • other rebellion forces succeeded by driving the Assyrians back to the Little Zab, near Arrapha in doing so capturing many Assyrian armoury, horses, and...
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    Kel-i-šin pass, Sargon marched his army through the valleys of the Great and Little Zab for three days before halting near Mount Kullar (the location of which...
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    October 1918. Within two days it covered 120 kilometres, reaching the Little Zab River, where it met and engaged Ismail Hakki Bey's Sixth Army, most of...
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    with a minority of Arabs and Kurds. It is located on the shores of the Little Zab and on the Erbil–Kirkuk road. The town is described as having an 'intrinsic...
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  • currency in the region, see British currency in the Middle East. There is little international demand for dinars, since Iraq has few exports other than oil...
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    fertile lands, plentiful water, and picturesque nature. The Great Zab and the Little Zab flow east–west in the region. The Tigris river enters Iraqi Kurdistan...
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    Babylonians defeated the Assyrian forces at Arrapha and pushed them back to the Little Zab. Nabopolassar failed to seize Assur, the ceremonial and religious center...
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  • 23, 1918. In just 39 hours they covered 120 kilometres (75 mi) to the Little Zab River, where the "Dicle Group" of the Ottoman Sixth Army, led by İsmail...
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    Irano-Aryan in origin and compares etymologically to those of the Little Zab and Great Zab rivers in the Tigris Basin. The Zhob River originates in the Kan...
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  • originate in the Zagros; from north to south they are the Great Zab, the Little Zab, and Diyala. Their courses have a rapid flow, on account of the steep...
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