as-Sulaymaniyah

Sulaymaniyah or as-Sulaymaniyyah, also called Slemani, is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is surrounded by means of the Azmer Range, Goyija Range and the Qaiwan Range inside the northeast, Baranan Mountain within the south and the Tasluja Hills in the west. The metropolis has a semi-arid climate with particularly warm dry summers and cool moist winters. Sulaymaniyah served because the capital of the historical principality of Baban from 1784 to 1850.

The modern-day town of Sulaymaniyah was founded on 14 November 1784 by way of the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it after his father Sulaiman Pasha. From its basis Sulaymaniyah turned into continually a center of wonderful poets, writers, historians, politicians, pupils and singers, together with Nalî, Mahwi, and Piramerd. The town is referred to as the capital of enlightenment a number of the Kurds, however the legitimate nickname of the town on national level is: Sulaimaniyah is the Paris of Iraq or the bride of Iraq's towns.