Balad Ruz (Arabic: بلدروز) is a city located some 120 km (75 mi) northeast of Baghdad in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq.

commander of all Iraqi Army ground forces Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid is from Balad Ruz.

[citation needed] Balad Ruz was historically known as Barāz al-Rūz,[3][4] a name meaning "the rice field".

[3] Balad Ruz continued to prosper through the late 1700s, when it was described by an observer as a large town under the control of Baghdad.

[3] When Felix Jones surveyed the area in the mid-1800s, he noted that the Rūz canal, on which the city lay, ended in the immediate vicinity of Balad Ruz; historically, it had extended over 50 kilometers (31 mi) further south.