| Responded the Diyala River in cuneiform sources as: Turnah, and on behalf of: Dorol also (1).And called in Akkadian Turnat River or River Duwerig called in Akkadian Tuplias (2).As mentioned in some ancient texts that one of the kings of Akkadians was the name of this river, a king (Shaw - Dorol (3)) is even named after the individual who cares for this river.The sources in Greek, Romanian, came several labels, was called the River Gindis Ojndez Gyndis Buckingham believes that the Diyala River may be the same river, which was launched by the Greek and Romanian sources River Vicos Odornej or old.Says Buckingham during his trip to Iraq (4) and had arrived in Dali Abbas on July 14, 1816 has intercepted the Diyala River at this city: "We found in Dali Abbas river being close to the south of the village, and walking towards the south-west, this was not the river to cross Ford in any part of it, and even in this time advanced the dry season, and as this river is famous, which comes in the second division after Alzaban larger and smaller rivers we met after our passage Tigris in Mosul, it may be is the River Fascos or Ordornej old , mentioned by the author (memories) for the campaign of Heraclius against the Persians, while across the sequence of the Tigris and rivers Alzaban larger and smaller rivers Thirdly called Tornej. concludes Buckingham of similar names that this is the same river (Tornadotom) mentioned by Pliny, who thought - through talking about Antioch - that River "Office" referred to by Zinfon, and Strabo says it was located between the Tigris and Tornadotom, this river, which he called Tavrnyh as "Odoren" and Danville as "Audrnyh" and Zinfon as "Fascos" and Badajoz as the "Gurgos" river is one bears the names of many, I must be the of the Diyala River, which he called Pliny as "Tornadotom" which is the same river "Tmornej" Hercules, who through it after I cross the Tigris and Alzaban. |