Al-Hindiya
الهندية | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 32°32′39″N 44°13′11″E / 32.54417°N 44.21972°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Kerbala |
Municipality | Al-Hindiya District |
Population (2018)[
citation needed] | |
• Total | 84,100 |
Al-Hindiya or Hindiya ( Arabic: 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 ( Arabic: طويريج), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" ( Arabic: ركضة طويريج) that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura. [1] It has 84,100 citizens.
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. [2]
Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days.