Badra, Iraq
Badra (Arabic: بدرة; Sorani Kurdish: بەدرە[1]) is a town in eastern Iraq in Wasit Governorate, near the Iranian border. The town is populated by Kurds.[2]
Suburb of Badra, 2018.
Etymology
The name Badrah is ultimately derived from the ancient Sumerian city of Der, which is located at nearby Tell 'Aqar. Der is referred to as Bīt-Derāya at the time of Tiglath-pileser III, and as Bīt-Derāyā in later Syriac sources. This eventually became Badarāya, the medieval Arabic name of the city, and finally Badrah in modern times.[3] Note that the name Badurāya should not be confused with Bādūrayā, the name of a medieval district southwest of Baghdad.[4]
See also
- Jassan, Iraq
- Beth Daraye
References
- "بەدرە دەست بە بەرهەمهێنانی نەوت دەکات". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- Lorimer, J. G. (2003). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia. p. 798. ISBN 9781852070304.
- Lipinski (2000), p. 432
- Le Strange (1905), p. 64
Sources
- Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 458169031.
- Lipinski, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9042908599. OCLC 44972129.
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