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    The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison...
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    Kut (redirect from Kut-al-Amara)
    Kūt (Arabic: ٱلْكُوت, romanized: al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the...
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    Bab al-Faradis (Arabic: بَابُ الْفَرَادِيسِ, romanized: Bāb al-Farādīs; "The Gate of the Paradises") or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates...
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    issued a bombastic press release which claimed that "The Battle of Kut-al-Amara can be said to have been one of the most important in the history of the...
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    Islamic theologian states: If one is able to crush al‑nafs al‑'amāra during the stoning of Jamrat al‑ʿAqaba (the Jamrah of Aqaba), then one has taken the...
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    Al-Amara (Arabic: العمارة, romanized: al-‘Amārah), also known as al-Amarah Juwaniyyah (Arabic: العمارة الجوانية, romanized: al-‘Amārah al-Juwwānīyah)...
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  • Al-Amara Sport Club (Arabic: نادي العمارة الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Amarah, Maysan, that plays in Iraqi Second Division League. Al-Amara...
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    Megiddo Sharon Palestine 1917–18 Basra Shaiba Kut al Amara 1915 Ctesiphon Defence of Kut al Amara Tigris 1916 Baghdad Mesopotamia 1914–18 Persia 1918...
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    went into battle with fixed bayonets on their SA80s during the Battle of Al Amara in Iraq on 14 May 2004, it was the first time fixed bayonets had been used...
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  • issued a bombastic press release which claimed that "The Battle of Kut-al-Amara can be said to have been one of the most important in the history of the...
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    1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915–17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915–18 The Second...
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  • 1917–18, Doiran 1917, 18, Macedonia 1915–18, Kut al Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914–18....
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    march toward Baghdad. The primary objective on the western side of the Shatt al Hai was a liquorice factory (nicknamed the "Wool Press Village" by its defenders)...
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    Diana Danelys De Los Santos (born October 4, 1990), known professionally as Amara La Negra, is an American singer, actress, dancer, author, and television...
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    back to the defences of Kut-al-Amara. The retreat finalised on 3 December. Nureddin encircled the British at Kut-al-Amara, and sent other forces down...
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    Hai river, is an ancient canal in Iraq that connects the Tigris at Kut al Amara with the Euphrates east of Nasiriyah. As an Ottoman (Turkish) position...
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    the Anglo-Indian force to the town of Kut-al-Amara. Strategically situated at the confluence of the Shatt al-Hayy and the Tigris River, the commander of...
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    attempts, including the attack on Dujaila Redoubt in March, to relieve Kut-al-Amara, which had been besieged by the Ottomans since 7 December 1915. Those attempts...
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    Islam: A Short History. London: Phoenix. pp. xxvi. ISBN 1-84212-583-4. "Kut al-Amara | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)". encyclopedia...
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    the Portal of Muslim Ibn 'Aqil, north of the Clock Gate, and the al-'Amara, or al-Faraj Portal, at the southwestern corner. The most notable of these...
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    Division – Al Naserria 51st Mechanized Division – Zubair IV corps – AL Amara 10th Armoured Division – AL Teab 14th Infantry Division – Al Amara 18th Infantry...
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    1914–15 Shaiba, Ctesiphon, Khan al Baghdadi & Kut al Amara, 1915 Neuve-Chapelle, France & Flanders, 1914–15 Kut al Amara 1916 Mesopotamia 1914–18 North-West...
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    Afghanistan 1919 East Africa 1914–16 Egypt – 1916–17 Baghdad – 1917 Kut-Al-Amara – 1917 Gaza – 1917 Battle of Sharqat – 1918 Megiddo Nablus – 1918 Palestine...
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    the 106 Engineer Regiment. The Indian Sappers & Miners, p. 29. Babayya et al. (2006) A Tradition of Valour p. 3. Sandes (1948). The Indian Sappers & Miners...
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    Nasiriyah and Ctesiphon, it was part of the force which became trapped at Kut-al-Amara on the River Tigris. The Siege of Kut resulted in the defeat of the garrison...
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    Mesopotamia Baghdad Basra Ctesiphon Defence of Kut al Amara Khan Baghdadi Kut al Amara 1915 Kut al Amara 1917 Mesopotamia 1914–18 Shaiba Sharqat Tigris 1916...
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    Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–18, Aden...
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    there are four palaces, each named Dar al-Adab, Dar al-Shajarah, Dar al-'Adil, and Dar al-'Amara. Dar al-'Amara was specially designated for the sultan...
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    Krithia, Gallipoli, Suez, Egypt, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine, Aden, Kut-al-Amara, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, North Western Frontier, Mersa Metruh, Buthidaung...
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    Reshire; Khooshab; Central India; Basra; Shaiba; Ctesiphon; Defence of Kut-Al-Amara; Sidi Barrani; Keren; Cassino; Castele Hill; Leswarree; Deig; Bharatpore;...
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