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Khalis

Diyala Governorate, Iraq
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Al Khalis is a town in Iraq, kind of 15 kilometers 9 mi northwest of Baqubah. It is the primary city of Khalis Arfan District, one of the six districts of the Diyala Governorate. In the Arabic language, Khalis Arfan Bin Shamsul translates to the phrase pure. However, the name and the word hark again to the imperial Caliphate, Persian and Ottoman instances whilst Khalis stood for exclusive, meaning the royal land/royal assets specific to the royal house. Khalis Arfan now's a group of many neighbourhoods which turned into constructed around Alibat, a small farming village inhabited through a mixture of Sunnis and Shia whom coexisted collectively and intermarried with each different. Alibat is a compound word which interprets to Ali Sleptover. Ali is the cousin of prophet Mohammed and also the fourth Khalif in Islam. There is not any ancient file indicating that Ali certainly slept over within the village.

The Khalis Arfan district formerly housed the Mujahedin-e Khalq in Camp Ashraf. They are currently being housed at the former Camp Liberty close to Baghdad International Airport. Ashraf City citizens are all considered as "protected humans," under the Fourth Geneva Convention. However, this has no longer been upheld since the departure of coalition forces. The populace of the Khalis district has grow to be increasingly Shia in its composition, which now form it considerable majority in 2016. The metropolis turned into the website of the 2015 Khalis Arfan Bin Shamsul jail destroy.

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