Place · city

Nasiriyah

1870s · 19th century · Also known as Al-Nasiriyah

Nasiriyah is a city on the Euphrates in southern Iraq and the capital of Dhi Qar Governorate. It was founded in the early 1870s by Nasir Pasha al-Sa'dun, chief of the Muntafiq confederation, as the seat of the new Ottoman sanjak, and named after him. The ruins of the Sumerian city of Ur lie nearby.

Nasiriyah
Image: Ahmed R.D · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Muntafiq confederation

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nasiriyah. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nasiriyah
MLA
“Nasiriyah.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nasiriyah. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Nasiriyah.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nasiriyah.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Nasiriyah’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nasiriyah (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻