ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF NASIRIYAH

Abstract

Al-Muntafiq was dominated by tribal systems, Bedouin laws and customs, and it was an obstacle to any reformer trying to subject these tribes to settlement and development.The Ottoman states needed to win over these tribes to their side, so the Ottoman Empire took a new policy through which it aimed to contain these tribes, in order to eliminate therevolutions that take place between these tribes on the one hand.Onthe other hand, to be areservemilitary force that would contribute to the extension of security and law enforcement, as these tribes had great control, and they controlled most of the southern parts of Iraq. At the forefront of these tribes are AL- Saadoun family, the largest tribe with influence in Al-Muntafiq, and in order to accurately understand the reasons for the Ottomans ’interest in this tribal gathering and the establishment of the city of Nasiriyah, so the reasons for the establishment are clarified and this research is located in a group of axes, the most important of which is the first axis dealing with the importance of studying the site

As for the second axis, it dealt with a historical overview of the city’s site

As for the third axis, it is about presenting a summary of the history of Al-Muntafiq to clarify the conditions of this tribal assembly and its relationship with the Ottoman authority.
As for the fourth axis entitled Al-Muntafiq and the reforms of the Ottoman Empire, where theresearcher showed the most important reforms of the Ottoman state in the Al-Muntafiq district and the reaction of the leaders of Al-Muntafiq towards these reforms .

As for the fifth and the last axis, it dealt with the building of the city , the reason for its name, and the most important persons who participated in the founding of this city, and explaining its map.