Ad Dayr (الدير ) is a town of Basrah Governorate in southern Iraq, on the west bank of the Shatt Al-Arab River.[1] The town has one of the few bridges over the Shatt Al-Arab.
The area is close to the Mesopotamian Marshes(Hammar Marshes), and has traditionally been home to many Marsh Arabs. The town has two mosques, a girls school, and a holy shrine of Solomon.
The area suffered greatly during the Iran–Iraq War, during which it was a major battlefield, and again after the 1991 Iraqi uprising.
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- ^ "Īshān ad Dayr: Iraq". Geographical Names. Retrieved 10 October 2017.