Husayn Salih
Husayn Salih is a village in Mahmudiya District, Baghdad Governorate. Husayn Salih is situated nearby to the locality Mintaqat as Saluqiyat al Athariyah, as well as near the town Al-Mada’in.Places of Interest
Highlights include Seleucia and Opis.
Seleucia
Seleucia, also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris, Seleucia on the Tigris or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. Seleucia is situated 3½ km southwest of Husayn Salih.Opis
Ruins
Opis was an ancient Near East city near the Tigris, not far from modern Baghdad. The equivalence of Opis and Upi are now usually assumed but not yet proven. Opis is situated 3 km southwest of Husayn Salih.
Taq Kasra
Monument
Photo: Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tāq Kasrā, also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra or Ayvān-e Kesrā are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon. Taq Kasra is situated 4 km southeast of Husayn Salih.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ctesiphon.
Ctesiphon
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ctesiphon is a ruin in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. It was once an ancient Persian capital city, but only a former palace, with the world's largest unreinforced arch, remains standing. The town of Salman Pak is nearby, and is also covered in this article.
Husayn Salih
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Husain al Sālih, Ḩusayn aş Şāliḩ, Husain al Salih, Husayn as Salih”, “Ḩusayn Şāliḩ, Husayn Salih”, and “حسين الصالح”
- Category: locality
- Location: Mahmudiya District, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.11427° or 33° 6′ 51″ northLongitude
44.54711° or 44° 32′ 50″ eastOpen location code
8H564G7W+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 2483915503OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Husayn Salih” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حسين صالح”
- French: “Husayn Salih”
- German: “Husayn Salih”
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