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The province of ḫabḫu is one of the vast provinces located on thenorthern border of Assyria. This province was frequently mentioned inmany cuneiform sources from the Neo-Assyrian period. It was a strategiccenter and a linking area on the famous Assyrian Royal RoadIt was coveted by the two main powers in the ancient Near East:namely the Kingdoms of Urartu and Assyria، because its location oncommercial roads، its major mineral production and horses breedingareas.The Extensions and Geographical Scope of the Province of ḫabḫu:From some of the Assyrian kings' annals، we conclude that thisAssyrian province represents a border area for Assyria، extending fromthe Upper Zab River to the border with the Hittites، i.e. from the ZabRiver seemed to have been the province's eastern border، which includedAlluba، modern Zakho. It extended westwards to the Hittite border incentral Asia and Anatolia. This means it used to include: Ibin OmarIsland in south-eastern Turkey، Zakho، Amadiyah، Alqush، Shikhan andAqrah، with its center located in the town of Amadiyah.The scholar managed to discover and match many of the villages،towns and cities that were affiliated to this province، of those thatremained unidentified by researchers، with local sites and archaeologicalhills at present.