Official Name: | Al-Hindiya |
Native Name: | الهندية |
Pushpin Map: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iraq |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerbala |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Al-Hindiya District |
Settlement Type: | City |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 84,100 |
Coordinates: | 32.5442°N 44.2197°W |
Al-Hindiya or Hindiya (Arabic: الهندية) is a city in Iraq on the Euphrates River. Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij (Arabic: طويريج), which gives name to the "Tuwairij run" (Arabic: ركضة طويريج) that takes place here every year as part of the Mourning of Muharram on the Day of Ashura.[1] It has 84,100 citizens.
The city was founded in 1793 AD by "Muhammad Yahya Asif Al-Dawla Bahadur Al-Hindi" (محمّد يحيى آصف الدولة بهادر الهندي), who was the first Nawab of Awadh. He funded digging a canal on the Euphrates to provide drinkable water for the region.[2]
Nouri al Maliki went to school there in his younger days.