Nahrawān Canal

other · 30 BC – 2099 AD

A Sasanian irrigation system in central Iraq, associated with the Tigris and Diyala rivers. It seems to have been created in the 6th century CE and remained in use into the 10th.

Coordinates

33.50000, 44.50000

Also known as

Nahrawan Canal (en), Nahrawan Canal (en), Nahrawan, Naharvan (fa), نهروان (fa)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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