Badra, Iraq
Badra (Arabic: بدرة) is a town in eastern Iraq in Wasit Governorate, near the Iranian border. The town is populated by Kurds.[1]
Etymology
The name Badrah is ultimately derived from the ancient Sumerian city of Der, which is located at nearby Tell 'Aqar. Der is referred to as Bīt-Derāya at the time of Tiglath-pileser III, and as Bīt-Derāyā in later Syriac sources. This eventually became Badarāya, the medieval Arabic name of the city, and finally Badrah in modern times. [2] Note that the name Badurāya should not be confused with Bādūrayā, the name of a medieval district southwest of Baghdad.[3]
References
- Lorimer, J. G. (2003). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia. p. 798. ISBN 9781852070304.
- Lipinski (2000), p. 432
- Le Strange (1905), p. 64
Sources
- 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.
- Lipinski, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9042908599. OCLC 44972129.
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