Maysan

Maysan Governorate is a governorate in southeastern Iraq, bordering Iran. Its administrative centre is the city of Amarah. Prior to 1976 it turned into referred to as Amara Province. Alexander the Great founded the city of Charax Spasinu in 324 B.C. Within the governorate. The town later became the capital of the Characene state. It now exists as the ruins of Naysan. The location suffered significantly all through the Iran–Iraq War, throughout which it turned into a primary battlefield, and once more after the 1991 Iraqi uprising. In 2007, the governor become Adil Muhawdar Radi. He become preceded via Muhammad Shiya al-Sudani.

The contemporary governor is Ali Dawai Lazem, a supporter of Muqtada al-Sadr. He is the most effective provincial governor in Iraq belonging to the Sadrist Movement. Though he is a Shi'a, he is a non-sectarian and has stated "It does not make a distinction if you are Sunni or Shi'ite or Christian. I do not differentiate among every person." He has been referred to as Iraq's most famous baby-kisser.