Al- Qadisiyah Province

Al- Qadisiyah Province

It is one of the middle Euphrates provinces, with an area of 1111 km2 ,its administrative borders are Babel and Wasit north ,Dhi Qar and Wasit east ,Al-Mothana from the south and Najaf from the west,its center is Al-Diwania city ,a branch of Euphrates river pass through the city known as Al-Hilla river and when it passes through Al-Diwania named as Al-Diwania river it has four main districts ,Al-Diwania ,Al-Shamia Ifak ,Al-Hamza The province is famous for its agricultural products such as rice ,barely ,watermelon and dates ,as for the industry ,it has a spinning and weaving factory and poultry fields and artificial lakes for fish farming.

The Important Traditional and Archeological Sites in the Province
Nippur city
Nippur was the religious capital of Sumerians and Babylonians ,it is about 7 km to the north east of Afak city which is about 175 km away from Baghdad on the right bank of the old Euphrates and eastern bank of drained river of Nile, its holiness comes from being the religious capital and the seat of God Inlil or Ain-lel and his wife Ninlil, it was mentioned in the epic of Gilgamesh ,that he was the one who made the flood ,and it is the seat of God Ano who was mentioned in Hammurabi Codes the excavation works started here in 1889 AD by Peterson and then by Hinz in 1893 AD who showed the landmarks of city and its Ziggurat.

Ziggurat and the Temple of Ikore
The zigguray is the high tower which is located in the middle of eastern part of the city it a solid block of clay covered with bricks ,it has a square base raised from the earth with about 15 m,it was consisted of one stage to make one small temple with three stairs it includes many archaeological places like Aisn Eshan ,Goddess in Eis city and the hill of Abo-Salabek .

Goddess Anta Temple
It is the Goddess of love, beauty, war and sacrifice for the civilizations of Mesopotamia. The Sumerians called it the Queen of heaven, her temple was located in Warka, and it is the morning star.

The Arts and Antiquities Museum
It is one of the important modern museums in the province, it was expanded to include different ancient and modern arts, arts models and heritage, it contains many artistic works shows the heritage and traditions of the province made by its people .The museum includes pottery that was found through the excavation works in Murd city.

The Palace of King Gazi
It is located in Al-Dagara township it was built by king Faisal the First in the twenties of previous century ,the king was meeting with tribes in the halls of the palace.

Mard city (wanah and al-siddom )
It is located to the north ofAl-Suniyah district about 7 km away from the center of the district ,it is a groups of hills, divided by a road which made to be as path for a train,it is thought that it was a center of performance unit during the time of third dynasty of Ur,it had the attention of Babylon kings especially in the time of Nebuchadnazzar the Second.

The Religious Sites in the Province
The shrine of Mohammed Bin Mosa al-Kadhum p.b.u.them
He is one of Imam kadum sons ,he is great person travelled with his brother ahmed from Madina to Kurasan to visit their brother Ali,but they were killed in the way in Shiraz in Iran and they were buried there and they have another shrine in Shah Chraq it is one of holey shrines in the province .

Al-Hamza Al-Sharqi Shrine
He is Ahmed Al-Guraif, or imam Al-Hamza ,it is a holy shrine located in Al-Hamza district about 30 km away from the province center it is a high dome over a tomb ,many people come to visit it and get blessings from all over Iraq and neighboring Islamic countries ,There are other shrines in the province like the shrine of prophet Midian and prophet Imran and the shrine of Imam Al-Hassan daughters.

The shrine of Prophet Ayyub
It is located near to Al-Rarenjyh a district where a fierce war took place between Iraqi tribes and British forces in the beginning of Iraqi Revalution in 1920 AD,it is on the way that goes from Kufa to Hilla.

The Shrine Prophet Youns
It is located close to Afek district, about 15 km to the north of it , in one of the rural agricultural villages, which is called village of Al-Diriyah, the shrine is in Nippur district.