Muqdadiyah
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Muqdadiyah (Arabic: مقدادية) (also transliterated Al-Muqdadiyah, Muqdadia, Miqdadiyah) is a major city in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq.
This city was a part of the Persian Sassanid Empire and had the Persian name Shahrban, meaning "city-protector". After the Arab attack on Iran, Arabs changed the Persian name to the Arabic, calling it after Muqdad.
The city is located at , about 80 km northeast of Baghdad and 30 km northeast of Baquba, the capital of Diyala.
It has a population of about 200.000 inhabitants, most of them Sunni.
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About the name:
- محمدی ملایری، محمد: فرهنگ ایران در دوران انتقال از عصر ساسانی به عصر اسلامی، جلد دوم: دل ایرانشهر، تهران، انتشارات توس 1375.: Mohammadi Malayeri, M.: Del-e Iranshahr, vol. II, Tehran 1375 Hs.)
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