Nahr al Badrīyah

Nahr al Badrīyah is a canal in Najaf, Iraq. Nahr al Badrīyah is situated nearby to the locality Āl al Jubūr, as well as near the abandoned locality Jabūr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Hira and Al-Manathera District.

Al-Hira

Town

Photo: Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Public domain.

Al-Hira was an ancient city and a major metropolis located in Mesopotamia, in what is now south-central Iraq. It was the capital city of the Lakhmid kingdom, the major Arab client kingdom of the Sasanian Empire in pre-Islamic times, between the fourth and the seventh centuries. Al-Hira is situated 6 km east of Nahr al Badrīyah.

Al-Manathera District

Town

Al-Manathera District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq. Al-Manathera District is situated 7 km east of Nahr al Badrīyah.

Nahr al Badrīyah

Type: Canal
Also known as: “Nahr al Badriyah”
Category: body of water
Location: Najaf, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.88743° or 31° 53′ 15″ north

Longitude

44.41917° or 44° 25′ 9″ east

Elevation

18 metres (59 feet)

Open location code

8H36VCP9+XM

GeoNames ID

6779408

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In Other Languages

“Nahr al Badrīyah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “نهر البدرية”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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