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...

The Battle of the Zab (Arabic: معركة الزاب), also referred to in scholarly contexts as Battle of the Great Zāb River, took place on January 25, 750, on...

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...

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...

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...

world. January 25 – Battle of the Zab: Abbasid forces under Abdallah ibn Ali defeat the Umayyads near the Great Zab River. Members of the Umayyad house...

spoken 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...

provisions for his soldiers and animals. On December 1, Heraclius crossed the Great Zab River and camped near the ruins of the capital of the former Assyrian...

(6 mi) north of the point that the river Tigris meets its tributary the Great Zab. The city covered an area of 360 hectares (890 acres). The ruins of the...

(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...

represent the Tigris. The white lines in between the two great rivers symbolize the Great Zab; its white color stands for tranquility and peace. Some interpret...

Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley. Amedi is known for its celebrations of Newroz. According...

romanized: Barzan) is a Kurdish village located on the Northern shores of the Great Zab River in Erbil Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The village was...

was reported that U.S. Army combat engineers were seen just west of the Great Zab River about halfway between the Kurdish city of Irbil and Mosul. They...

Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, to Rubari kuchuk, a tributary of the Great Zab. The Shanidar Cave, a Neanderthal archaeological site, lies about 15 km...

one led by himself. These forces marched in March 1832, crossing the Great Zab River and first entering and killing many inhabitants of the Yezidi village...

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al-'Abbas as-Saffah, who defeated the Umayyads in 750 in the battle near the Great Zab and was subsequently proclaimed caliph. After this loss, Marwan fled to...

Xenophon with a vast force, and when the Greeks reached the wide and deep Great Zab river, they seemed to be surrounded. A Rhodian proposed a plan in exchange...

decisive defeat by Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah on the banks of the Great Zab, called Battle of the Zab. At this battle alone, over 300 members of the Umayyad family...

River (Arabic: الخازر) is a river of northern Iraq, a tributary of the Great Zab river, joining its right bank. The area around the Khazir River is geologically...

 c. 132–127 BC). The Parthian general Indates was defeated along the Great Zab, followed by a local uprising where the Parthian governor of Babylonia...

former 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...

of Iraq: landscapes of the Zagros Mountains drained by the Tigris and Great Zab Rivers". Journal of Maps. 17 (2): 225–236. Bibcode:2021JMaps..17..225F...

Marwan II. The latter was defeated in February 750 at a battle on the (Great) Zab river north of Baghdad, effectively ending the Umayyad caliphate, which...

rest. Tissaphernes pursued Xenophon, and when the Greeks reached the Great Zab river, one of the men devised a plan: goats, cows, sheep, and donkeys...

in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located on the Great Zab and in the district of Amadiya. In the town, there are churches of Mar...

Zap, now The Arch, a nightclub in Brighton, England Great Zab, a river in Turkey and Iraq Little Zab, a river in Iran and Iraq Zap Comix, an underground...

a "village" located 4 kilometers downstream from Shadinar Cave on the Great Zab River, and has been dated to the cave's B2 level (10,870 BP). The Zarzi...

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...