Qal'at Saleh District Explained

Qal'at Saleh District
Native Name:قضاء قلعة صالح
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iraq
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Maysan Governorate
Seat:Qal'at Saleh
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:31.6315°N 47.2798°W

Qal'at Saleh District (Arabic: قضاء قلعة صالح|translit=Qalˤat Ṣāleḥ) is a district of the Maysan Governorate, Iraq.

Its district centre is Qal'at Saleh, a town of an estimated 40,000 inhabitants, located on the riverbanks of the Tigris, along the road that links Basra to Amarah, a mere 40 km away. Qalat Saleh's nearest towns are the district centres of Al-Majar Al Kabeer (20 km north-west), Al Kahlaa (17 km north), and Al Azeer (29 km south).

Mandaean community

The town of Liṭlaṭa in Qal'at Saleh District was the site of a Mandaean bit manda (temple) that the British scholar E. S. Drower often visited.[1] Sheikh Negm bar Zahroon, a 20th-century Mandaean priest, lived in Liṭlaṭa for most of his life.[2]

Notable Mandaeans who were born in Qal'at Saleh include the Mandaean priest Abdullah bar Sam and his son Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.[2]

Notes and References

  1. The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba. Aldihisi. Sabah. 2008. PhD. University College London.
  2. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.