Arabic · proper noun · Faith & Sacred History

Dajla

दजला

said daj-laa

also written: tigris, dijla, daria-e-dajla

Meaning

The river Tigris of Iraq, flowing by Baghdad; emblem of the heartland of the Abbasid glory and its loss.

Related words

The Abbasid capital, long the heart of Islamic learning and glory, sacked by the Mongols in 1258; emblem of a fallen golden age.

The river Euphrates, by whose banks lies Karbala where Husain thirsted and was martyred; emblem of the sacred sorrow of Karbala.