Humaniya
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al-Humānīya
الهيمينة al-Humaynīyah, al-Haymīnah | |
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  al-Humānīya Humaniya's location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′38″N 45°04′36″E / 32.84389°N 45.07667°E[1] | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Wasit |
al-Humānīya, also called al-Humaynīyah or al-Haymīnah (Arabic: الهيمينة)[1], is a town in Iraq, on the Tigris. Of probable Sasanian origin[2], Humaniya was a small regional town of medieval Iraq, mentioned by several contemporary authors.
After the caliph al-Amin, died, his mother, Zubaydah, and his two sons were imprisoned in Humaniya on the orders of al-Ma'mun. In the early 1200s, Yaqut al-Hamawi described it as a prosperous small town surrounded by extensive farmland.[3]
Archaeological evidence indicates that Humaniya was one of a relatively small number of permanent settlements in the region to remain occupied during the Ilkhanid period[4], when settled agriculture was dramatically reduced throughout Iraq. [5] Guy Le Strange noted the continued existence of Humaniya around the turn of the 20th century.[3]
Today, Humaniya lies on the left, or north, bank of the Tigris, but the canal patterns in the area indicate that, in the past, it lay on the south bank.[6]
References
Sources
- Adams, Robert M. (1965). Land Behind Baghdad: A History of Settlement on the Diyala Plains. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. OCLC 899942882.
- Adams, Robert M. (1981). Heartland of Cities. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. OCLC 466530493.
- Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 458169031.
External links
Current map of area [[1]]
Category:Populated places in Wasit Governorate Category:Medieval Iraq
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