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Amadiya

Also known as Amedi, Amadiyah

Amadiya, or Amedi, is an ancient town in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, built on a flat-topped rock plateau rising sheer above a mountain valley near the Turkish border. From the late Middle Ages it was the capital of the Kurdish emirate of Bahdinan, known for its madrasas and Sunni scholars. Its old western gateway, the Bab Zebar, and a tall medieval minaret survive.

Amadiya
Image: U.S. Army photo by SGT Daniel Nelson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Bit ZamaniBahdinan emirate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Amadiya. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/amadiya
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