Bridge is located in the center of Khanaqin and on Alwand River. The Sassanids founded this bridge, which during the Sassanid era was 150 meters wide and 6 meters tall. The current version of the bridge was built in 1860 by Dowlatshah, the former governor of Kermanshah. He went to Khanaqin in 1855 on his way to visit the Shia holy sites in Karbala and Najaf, but that year he faced a severe flood and decided to spend his travel expenses in addition to the additional costs of building a bridge in Khanaqin. He brought a number of architects from Isfahan to Khanaqin and the bridge was built using walnut wood imported from Iran. Jewish community Khanaqin had a Jewish community until the early 1950s when they were forced to migrate to Israel. In the middle of the 19th century, about 20 Jewish families lived in the town. This number increased to 700 individuals shortly after. The languages spoken by the community was Mlahso Aramaic. By the 1920s, the community was introduced to Zionism and most would leave for Israel after the community leader was arrested in August 1949. Notable people Fuad Hussein Leyla Qasim Mala Bakhtiyar Ovadia Eli Imad Ahmad Sayfour See also List of largest cities in Iraq Khosravi References Khanaqin Populated places in Diyala Province District capitals of Iraq Cities in Iraq Kurdish settlements in Iraq Turkmen communities in Iraq Historic Jewish communities in Iraq