Al-Qādisiyya

Al-Qadisiyyah is associated with the edge of the Iraqi plain near Kufa, where cultivated land approaches the Arabian desert. Its name is remembered for the early Islamic battle that helped bring Sasanian rule in Iraq to an end.

Medieval geographers listed al-Qadisiyyah as a station after Kufa on the Darb Zubaydah, the pilgrimage route to Mecca. The road links the name to a wider history of travellers crossing between Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.