Jalawla

Jalawlā
جلولاء
Qarah Ghān
Jalawlā
Coordinates: 34°16′19″N 45°10′5″E / 34.27194°N 45.16806°E
Country  Iraq

Jalawla (Arabic: جلولاء‎, also known as Turkish Qarah Ghān, or mistranslated as Jalula)[1] is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located on Diyala River.[2] 8 km north of As-Sadiyah.

In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 100,000 people. Sunni Arabs comprise about 80%, Sunni Turkmens make up about 10%, Faili Kurds about 10%.[3]

It is the place where the Battle of Jalula took place between the Sassanid Empire and the Arab Muslims soon after the conquest of Ctesiphon. historian Ibn Atheer mentions that the Sassanids Persians losses in Jalawla reached 100.000 and the dead bodies has "Jellat" (filled the ground) so the area became known as Jalawla .[4]

From August to November 2014 the city was mostly under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and local Arab tribes which seized the town from the Kurdistan Regional Government in August 2014.[5]

On the 23 November 2014, the Federal army, Shi'ite militia and Kurdish peshmerga troops recaptured the whole city.[6] Kurdish politicians declared immediately, that the city won't be given back to the Iraqi Government due to its previous failure to secure the city and the Kurdish population from the Terrorists. According to Kurdish officials Jalawla will be included into the Kurdistan Region.


References

  1. ↑ Jalawlā can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3106588" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Jalula's Map". Map Landia. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ↑ in Jalawla, The Arabs, representing more than 80% of the population
  4. ↑ http://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9/%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1
  5. ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-11/266784-isis-drives-kurds-out-of-jalawla-in-iraq.ashx#axzz3JvZ2ewpW
  6. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/23/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-towns-idUSKCN0J70AX20141123

Coordinates: 34°16′19″N 45°10′5″E / 34.27194°N 45.16806°E