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In central Iraq once, Fahad established a large farm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranch

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'large farm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in central iraq once fahad established a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'central' could be 'c' (common abbreviation in various government acronyms) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Agricultural business" , "agricultural land" , "Spread" , "Large farm rearing particular livestock" , "Agricultural establishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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