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Uskāf Banī Junayd, also Iskāf, was an ancient and medieval city of Iraq, located on the Nahrawan Canal at the present site of Sumāka. In its heyday, during the Sasanian period and early Islamic caliphates, Uskaf was the largest city in the Diyala basin; however, it declined sharply after the Samarran period and was abandoned by the early 1100s.