Jalawla

Jalawlā
Arabic: جلولاء‎
Turkish: Celavla
Jalawlā
Coordinates: 34°16′19″N 45°10′5″E / 34.27194°N 45.16806°E / 34.27194; 45.16806
Country  Iraq
Governorate Diyala
District Khanaqin
Population (2015)
 • Total 100,000

Jalawla (Arabic: جلولاء‎, Turkish: Celavla, also known as Gûlala, or mistranslated as Jalula)[1] is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the Diyala River[2] 8 km north of Al-Sadiyah.

Background

The Battle of Jalula took place in the town between the Sassanid Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate soon after the conquest of Ctesiphon. Historian Ibn al-Athir reports that the Persian losses in Jalawla reached 100,000 and the dead bodies has "Jellat" (filled the ground) so the area became known as Jalawla.

In 2013 it had an estimated population of some 80,000 people. According to a tribal elder, the town is approximately 80% Sunni Arab, and 20% Sunni Turkmen.[3]

From August to November 2014 the city was mostly under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and local Arab tribes which seized the town from the Popular Mobilization Forces (Iraq) in Kurdistan Regional Government in August 2014.[4]

On 23 November 2014, the Kurdish Peshmerga recaptured the whole city.[5] Following the events of October 2017 the Iraqi army along with the PMU forces took control of the city after the Peshmerga fled during government advances into disputed areas.

References

  1. ↑ Jalawlā can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3106588" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Jalula's Map". Map Landia. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ↑ in Jalawla, The Arabs, representing more than 80% of the population
  4. ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-11/266784-isis-drives-kurds-out-of-jalawla-in-iraq.ashx#axzz3JvZ2ewpW
  5. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/23/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-towns-idUSKCN0J70AX20141123
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