Ar Rahaliyah (Arabic: الرحالية, or Rahhaliyah, Rahaliya) is an Iraqi town in Al-Anbar Governorate, near the western shore of Lake Milh.

In 1921 Rahaliya, along with Shithathah, was noted for its "immense" groves for palm date production.[1]

Archaeology

The Rahaliyah area is recognised for the remains of early Christian churches, some of which may have been erected as martyrions.[2]

View from the town police station

References

  1. ^ V. H. W. Dowson (1921). Dates and date cultivation of the 'Iraq. W. Heffer & sons, ltd.
  2. ^ Journal of western Asiatic studies. 国士館大学イラク古代文化研究所. 1991. p. 77. - at Qasr Serij and Rahaliya can be thought, as the reported circumstances suggest, to have been erected as martyrions.
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