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Explore As Sayyid Mahdi in Iraq

As Sayyid Mahdi in the region of Karbalāʼ is a town in Iraq - some 59 mi or ( 95 km ) South of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Current time in As Sayyid Mahdi is now 03:14 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Taqtaqah, Qaryat at Tahmaziyah, Sulaymaniyah, Salkhah, and Salbukh. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Taqtaqah . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in As Sayyid Mahdi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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ROOF TOP TRAIN STATION

0:12 min by Squirel0311
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THE SUN JUST CAME OUT AND THE MOSQUES ARE PLAYING, ITS BEEN 5 MONTHS AND IM GETTING TIRED.. SO ACT CRAZY.. ..

New Jersey soldier leaves Iraq

0:37 min by Spike762x39
Views: 424 Rating: 5.00

I recorded some of my last steps in Iraq. I am in the Nat'l Guard and spent 9 months in southwest Baghdad hating life, and finally we walked on board a C-17 that took south to Kuwait where we waited t ..


team galactica travels to the city of thorns

5:06 min by Faceoffkid11
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....it FUKN HURT MI DIK!!!!!! ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Hindiya

Al-Hindiya or Hindiya is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days. Al-Hindiya is located in the Kerbala Governorate. The city used to be known as Tuwairij, which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura.

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Located at 32.54 44.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: District capitals of Iraq, Populated places in Karbala Province

Borsippa

Borsippa was an important ancient city of Sumer, built on both sides of a lake about 17.7 km southwest of Babylon on the east bank of the Euphrates. The site of Borsippa is in Babylon Province, Iraq and now called Birs Nimrud, the Arabs identifying the site with Nimrod.

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Located at 32.39 44.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iraq, Babil Governorate, Former populated places in Iraq, Sumerian cities

Esagila

The Ésagila, a Sumerian name signifying "É (temple) whose top is lofty", was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon. It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki. In this temple was the cult image inhabited by Marduk, surrounded by cult images of the cities that had fallen under the hegemony of the Babylonian Empire from the 18th century BC; there was also a little lake which was named Abzu by the Babylonian priests.

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Located at 32.53 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Ancient Near East temples, Babylonia

Etemenanki

Etemenanki was the name of a ziggurat dedicated to Marduk in the city of Babylon of the 6th century BCE Neo-Babylonian dynasty. Originally seven stories in height, little remains of it now except ruins.

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Located at 32.54 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 6th-century BC architecture, Tower of Babel, Ziggurats

Ishtar Gate

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.

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Located at 32.54 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 6th-century BC architecture, Antikensammlung Berlin, Babylon, Babylonian art and architecture, Nebuchadnezzar II, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East, Visitor attractions in Iraq