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The city was once a major center of [[Islam]]ic scholarship and education. The tomb of the [[Abrahamic]] prophet [[Ezekiel]] is reputed to be located in a nearby village, [[Al Kifl]].
It became a major administrative centre during the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[British Empire]]s. In the 19th century, the Hilla branch of the Euphrates started to silt up and much agricultural land was lost to drought, but this process was reversed by the construction of the [[Hindiya Barrage]] in 1911–1913, which diverted water from the deeper Hindiya branch of the Euphrates into the Hilla canal.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Money|first=Robert I.|title=The Hindiya Barrage, Mesopotamia|journal=The Geographical Journal|year=1917|volume=50|issue=3|pages=217–222|jstor=1779909|doi=10.2307/1779909|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1449322}}<!--|access-date=22 July 2010--></ref> It saw heavy fighting in 1920 during an [[Iraqi revolt of 1920|uprising against the British]], when 300 men of the [[Manchester Regiment]]
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==Culture==
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Hillah has a rich cultural history and is widely
Many writers, poets, and artists have also come from Hillah, including:
Other medieval scholars native to Hillah are [[Muhaqqiq al-Hilli]] and [[Ali ibn Tawus al-Hilli|Ibn Tawus]].
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===Alberes===
Alberes is situated south of Hillah, approximately 24 km (14.9 mi) away. It has a tower found between Hillah and Al-Khifil. Its current name is a distortion of the name Old Babylonian "بورسيا" (which is now a newspaper) and its Sumerian meaning is "sword of the sea", because it was located on the Ghadeer edge along the banks of the Sea of Najaf.
==Notable people==
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*[[Najih al-Mamouri]] (born 1944), short story writer, novelist, and researcher<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202154123/https://www.alnaked-aliraqi.net/article/70299.php |date=2019-11-29 |language=ar |title=ناجح المعموري : أسعد اللامي وأحلام البقاء (ملف/9) |url=https://www.alnaked-aliraqi.net/article/70299.php |website=الناقد العراقي}}<!-- auto-translated from Arabic by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==See also==
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