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Northern Iraqi city
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mosul
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Moșul ( the old man or the eternal man ), is a mysterious benevolent character, symbol of wisdom and prosperity in Romanian mythology . Some historians associate him with the ancient Dacian god Zamolxis , or with the Roman god Saturn . Category:Romanian ...
Usage examples of mosul.
After two years in Edessa the Atabeg of Mosul was returning to his capital by the way of Rakka.
With the help of the vast Chinese-German-Irani alliance, the Kurds had not only driven the Iraqi Arabs from the Kirkuk oil fields and from the Mosul region, but they had also invaded Syrian-held Kurdistan and added that part of the Euphratean Province to their domain.
Mosul, 19, 113, 118 Mushaidiyeh, 19, 21, 27, 28, 148 Nagpur, Bishop of, 51, 108 Nahrwan Canal, 146 Nasiriyeh, 15 Newitt, Captain, 38, 125 Norfolks, 150 Opis, 105, 145, 147 Otter, Sec-Lieut.
Most Iraqi Kurds live in the northeast of the country, in the Zagros Mountains and the cities of Dahuk, Arbil, Mosul, Kirkuk, as-Sulaymaniyyah, and Khanaqin.
Thence, up the Valley of the Euphrates, by way of Mosul, to Aleppo, which is the Turkey Company's eastern-most Factory, runs a private Communication, Feluccas, Flights of miraculous Doves, Couriers with astonishing Memories, Rolling Eagres of messages, few upon Paper, up-stream and down, having long connected, to a great reach of Intimacy, the two Companies.
Iraq was the area measured from Abadan on the Persian Gulf to Mosul in present-day Iraq and from the region in western Persia near Kirmanshah to the district south of the River Euphrates, while 'Persian Iraq' - 'Iraq-i-'Ajam - comprised the western part of central Persia south of the Alborz Mountains.
As the MD-80 passed west of Mosul at thirty thousand feet, headed for the drop zone ninety miles to the south, fires could be seen burning off to their left, near an Iraqi air base.
The Rumeila South oil field alone could be producing half a million barrels of oil a day within a month or two, and production in the northern oil-rich cities like Mosul and Kirkuk could be even higher.
She was watching Syrinx and Mosul with quiet amusement, enjoying the vaguely erotic overspill of their growing rapport.
Ever since Edessa fell to the paynims of Mosul, last year at Christmas, all Christendom has been uneasy about the kingdom of Jerusalem.