Ali Al-Gharbi District Explained

Ali Al-Gharbi District
Native Name:قضاء علي الغربي
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Iraq
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iraq
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Maysan Governorate
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:+3

Ali Al-Gharbi (Arabic: قضاء علي الغربي) is a district of the Maysan Governorate in Iraq.

History

John Gordon Lorimer wrote in 1908 that the main town of Ali Al-Gharbi was inhabited by 2,000 people of different origins, mostly Shia Muslims and was a market town of the Banu Lam Arab tribe. It was one of the principal towns for trade with Iraqi Kurdistan and many Kurds from Iran would visit the town to 'satisfy their wants'. Lorimer moreover wrote that many Kurds had settled in the town.[1]

Scholar Kamandâr stated that the main town was 90% Kurdish from the Kordali tribe prior to the Arabization policies of Ba'athist Iraq.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, 'Omān, and Central Arabia. Superintendent Government Print.. 1908. India. 798.
  2. Book: Fattah, Ismaïl Kamandâr. Les dialectes kurdes méridionaux. Acta Iranica 37. 2000. 32.