Ar Rahaliyah ( ar, الرحالية, or Rahhaliyah, Rahaliya) is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i town in

Al-Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

, near the western shore of

Lake Milh Lake Milh (, literally Sea of Salt, pronounced ''Bahr al-Milh''), also known as Razzaza Lake, is located a few miles west of Karbala, Iraq (). It is alternately called Lake Razazah (). Lake Milh is a depression into which excess water from Lake H ...

. In 1921 Rahaliya, along with Shithathah, was noted for its "immense" groves for palm date production.

Archaeology

The Rahaliyah area is recognised for the remains of early Christian churches, some of which may have been erected as

martyrion A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek), plural ''martyria'', sometimes anglicized martyry (pl. martyries), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr In Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic re ...

s. - ''at Qasr Serij and Rahaliya can be thought, as the reported circumstances suggest, to have been erected as martyrions.'' RahaliyahIraq

References

Rahaliyah {{Iraq-geo-stub