DIWANIEH

diwanieh, a small town in turkish asia, about 40 m. below hillah, on both banks of the euphrates (31° 58' 47" n., 44° 58' 18" e.), which is here spanned by a floating bridge. formerly a military post for the control of the affech territory, and a telegraph station, it was in 1893 made the capital of the sanjak, instead of hillah, on account of its more strategical position. this transfer of the seat of government represented a step in the development of turkish control over the central regions of irak.