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Yazidi Villages
The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass emigration. Today, the majority of the Yazidis live in Iraq and are particularly concentrated in the Nineveh Plains and Sinjar areas in the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. Iraq The following settlements in Iraq are currently inhabited by Yazidis: Duhok Governorate Duhok District *Duhok Simele District *Chigan * Dayrabun * Faysh Khabur *Girepan (Gerepane, Gir Pahn, Girebun, Grepan) *Gutba *Kabartu (Kebertu, Kibrtu) *Khanke (Khanek, Khanik, Xanke) *Kharshina (Kharshani, Kharshnya, Khirschnia, Khurshinah, Xershenya) *Klebadir (Galebader, Kelebadre, Qalat Bardi, Qaleba'drê) *Mam Shivan (Mem Shivan, Mam Shuwan, Mamshivan, Mamshuwan) * Qes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahad, Iraq
Mahad (; ) is a village located in the Shekhan District of the Dohuk Governorate of Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The village is located southeast of Ain Sifni in the Nineveh Plains. Mahad is populated by Yazidis. History In 1975, Ba'athists made Mahad an exclusively Yazidi settlement as part of their projects of Arabizing the area. They moved the inhabitants from 13 Yazidi villages in the vicinity together into one place and replaced their villages with thousands of Arab settlers. Between 1975 and 2003, these colonizers destroyed most of the Yazidi mausoleums in those villages. Mam Rashan, Jarwana, Baqasre, Betnar, Mahmuda, Musakan and Kandale villages in Shekhan region were destroyed by the Iraqi government and their inhabitants were relocated to the collective town of Mahad. With the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Yezidis began returning to their native villages while the Arab settlers left. The Yazidi mausoleums were reconstructed and large numbers of Yazidi b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni (, , ) also known as Shekhan (), is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis, most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish. In the town, there is a Chaldean Catholic church of Mar Yousif, and a church of Mar Gewargis of the Ancient Church of the East. There are also seven Yazidi religious monuments, including mausoleums of Sheikh ‘Alî Chamse and Sheikh Hantuch, and shrines of Sheikh Adi, Nishingaha Peroz, and Sheikh Mushelleh. Etymology The Kurdish name of the town is derived from the plural form of "sheikh" ("holy man" in Kurdish), and thus translates to " he land of theholy men". According to Yazidi tradition, Shekhan means "two sheikhs" and referred to the first time that Abdulqadir Gilani, founder of Qadiriyya, and Adi ibn Musafir, founder of Adawiyya, had met, which was on the site of what later became Shekhan. The Arabic name, Ain Sifni, is interpr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baadre
Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (, ) is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. According to 2014 statistics, Baadre's urban population was 9 835 and the rural population was 5 167. Baadre's residents are mostly Yazidis and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis as it has been the base of the group's leader, the Mir (title), Mir. The castle of the princely family is found here. History The village was originally an Assyrian people, Assyrian village known as Bet Edrai. In Ba'athist Iraq, the population of Baadre was deported because of their support for Peshmerga. According to Shamal Adeeb, who was the town's mayor at the time, the town and the 10 villages in the vicinity took in 2,028 displaced families totaling 12,115 people fleeing the Sinjar massacre in 2014 References {{Nineveh Plains Populated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhan District
The Shekhan District (, ) is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni. It is bordered by the Amadiya and Dahuk Districts of the Dahuk Governorate to the north, the Akre District to the east, Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west. Baadre, considered the political capital of the Yazidis, is also in this district. History The Shekhan District was formed on December 16, 1924. After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control. Demographics It is mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian Christian minority. See also *Assyrian homeland *Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq Since the early 20th century several proposals have been made for the establishment of an autonomous area or an Sovereign state, independent state for the Syriac language, Syriac-speaking modern Assyrian people, Assyrians in northern Iraq. Histori ... * List of Yazidi settlements References Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosul
Mosul ( ; , , ; ; ; ) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad. Situated on the banks of Tigris, the city encloses the ruins of the ancient Old Assyrian Empire, Assyrian city of Nineveh—once the List of largest cities throughout history, largest city in the world—on its east side. Due to its strategic and central location, the city has traditionally served as one of the hubs of international commerce and travel in the region. It is considered as one of the historically and culturally significant cities of the Arab world. The North Mesopotamian dialect of Arabic commonly known as North Mesopotamian Arabic, ''Moslawi'' is named after Mosul, and is widely spoken in the region. Together, with the Nineveh Plains, Mosul is a historical center of the Assyrian people, Assyrians. The surrounding region is ethnically and religiously diverse; a large majority of the city is A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosul District
Mosul District () is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Mosul. Other settlements include Al-Qayyarah, Al-Shurah, Hamam al-Alil, Al-Mahlaah, and Hamidat. The district is predominantly Sunni Arab, with minorities of Assyrians, Turkmen and Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... located in the city of Mosul. Districts of Nineveh Governorate {{coord missing, Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashiqa
Bashiqa (; ; ) is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh Plains, Nineveh plain, between Mosul and Shekhan District, Sheikhan, on the edges of Mount Alfaf, Mount Maqlub. The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Yazidis. The urban area of Bashiqa and Bahzani had the third largest Yazidis, Yazidi population in Iraq prior to the Yazidi genocide. Whilst Bahzani contains older buildings with numerous ancient sites, Bashiqa is more modern and consists mainly of newer infrastructure and architecture. Between 2014 and 2016, ISIS destroyed 22 Yazidi mausoleums that were located in Bashiqa and Bahzani, the Yazidi libraries were demolished and the famous sacred olive grove in Bahzani was burnt. Around 85% of the population is Yazidi in 2021. The remaining 15% are 390 ethnic Christian Assyrian people, Assyrians which include around 300 Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox families and 90 Syriac Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic families. Population Before ISIS invaded the Nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahzani
Bahzani (, ), literally from the Syriac words meaning "house of treasure," is a town located in the Al-Hamdaniya District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Population The town of Bahzani, together with its twin village Bashiqa, have historically hosted diverse populations. The majority of residents today are Yazidis, who speak Arabic as their mother language. Other populations include Assyrians, Shia Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Shabaks. History Bahzani is official Iraqi territory but has been claimed by the Kurdistan Region since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. According to Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, a referendum should decide whether it continues to be managed by Iraq or by the Kurdish government. Its status is still not fully understood. According to Human Rights Watch, UNHCR and other human rights organizations, the townspeople are threatened with violence should they vote against inclusion of the city in the Kurdistan Region. In August 2014, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hamdaniya District
Al-Hamdaniya District (also known as Bakhdida District; ; ) is a district in the north-east of the Nineveh Governorate (''Ninawa'') of Iraq. Al-Hamdaniya District is divided between four sub-districts: * Aski Kalak (Khabat) Sub-District, mostly Kurdish, some Assyrians and Yazidis, (de facto or even unofficial part of Aqrah district). * al-Namrud (al-Khidhr) Sub-District, mostly Arab and Turkmen, some Kaka'is, Shabak and Assyrian, * Bartillah (Baritleh) Sub-District, mostly Assyrian, some Shabak, Arab and Turkmen, * Qaraqosh (Bakhdida) Sub-District, mostly Assyrians, some Arabs, Shabak, Turkmen and Kaka'is. Towns and villages include: *Bashiqa * Bahzani * Bakhdida * Bartella * Karemlash * Balawat See also * Assyrian homeland * Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq * Assyrian settlements The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrian people, Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakho
Zakho, also spelled Zaxo (, , , , ) is a city in the Kurdistan Region, at the centre of the Zakho District of the Dohuk Governorate, located a few kilometers from the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing. Zakho is known for its celebrations of Newroz. The population of the town rose from about 30,000 in 1950 to 350,000 in 1992 due to Kurds fleeing from other areas of the country. The original settlement may have been on a small island in the Little Khabur river, which flows west through the modern city to form the border between Iraq and Turkey, continuing into the Tigris. Other important rivers in the area are the Zeriza and the Seerkotik. History Gertrude Bell, the renowned British archaeologist and Arabist who advised British governors in the region in the closing years of the British Mandate, was convinced that Zakho was the same place as the ancient town of Hasaniyeh. She also reported that one of the first Christian missionaries to the region, the Dominican friar Poldo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
