Al-Chibayish الجبايش | |
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 Al-Chibayish from the air | |
| Nickname: City of the Marshes | |
  Al-Chibayish | |
| Coordinates:30°57′17.7″N46°58′30.3″E / 30.954917°N 46.975083°E /30.954917; 46.975083 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Dhi Qar |
| District | Al-Chibayish |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 36,100[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Postal code | 09640 |
| Area code | 01 |
Al-Chibayish is a town on theEuphrates River inAl-Chibayish District,Dhi Qar governorate, in southernIraq. It is the capital of its eponymous district.
Al-Chibayish is inhabited primarily byMarsh Arabs of theBanu Asad tribe. Al-Chibayish has historically been an important hub for the Marsh Arab people and a traditional boat-building center for theirmashoof canoes.[2]
Al-Chibayish was historically home to a community ofMandaeans, as well asArabs. In 1895, Sheikh Ṣaḥan ibn Sheikh Ṣagar (Ṣaqar in standard Arabic), aMandaean priest, was arrested near Chabāyish in Iraq and imprisoned in Basra. He was accused of supporting an Arab tribal rebellion led by Jāsim al-Khayyūn (of theBani Asad tribe, one of the largest tribes affiliated with theAl-Muntafiq), as well as killing his nephew. Although a petition was delivered to the British authorities to have him released, and the British attempted to assist Sheikh Sahan, he was not released and died in prison in 1898.[3]
Al-Chibayish was the subject of a groundbreaking 1955ethnographic study,Marsh Dwellers of the Euphrates Delta, by Iraqi anthropologistShakir Mustafa Salim.[4]
Al-Chibayish was home to about 11,000 people in 1955.[4] Al-Chibayish's population dropped to less than 6,000 by 2003 as a result ofSaddam Hussein'sdraining of the Mesopotamian Marshes and his associated campaign of violence against the Marsh Arabs, during which Al-Chibayish was attacked by military helicopters.[5] However, the population recovered and quintupled between 2001 and 2009, when it reached an estimated 30,416 people.[1]
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