Dharb Castle This heritage fortress is located in the Ghamas district, 45 km southwest of the city of Diwaniyah.
It dates back to the period of the Ottoman presence in Iraq and is believed to have been built around 1770.
It was named after the prince of the Khaza’al clans, Dharb bin Mughamis bin Shallal Al Khazali, who was handed over to the Ottoman Empire. This is a strategic fortress to ensure the calm of the clans and not to provoke unrest against the Ottomans due to the influence of the Khaza’al Emirate in those areas.
The castle of Dharb had an important role during the revolution of the twentieth in Iraq against the British occupation, as large quantities of weapons of the revolutionaries were recently found, including swords, daggers and shields.
The castle is a square-shaped fortress, the length of each side is 50 meters and the width of the outer wall is one meter. Its walls were built with bricks, gravel and square brushes, as it contains four towers at each corner of which is a semi-circle roofed with circular arches and contains arches in the form of niches prominent towards the outside
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