Babirah (, ) is a village located in the

Tel Kaif District Tel Keppe District (also Tel Keif, Tall Kayf, Tel Kayf or Tel Kef (), ()), Aramaic for "Hill of Stones", is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is majority Arab Muslim with a minority of Assyrians. Towns and villages include: * Tel Keppe ...

of the

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in northern

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. The village is located ca. southwest of Telskuf in the

Nineveh Plains Nineveh Plains (, Modern ; ; ) is a region in Nineveh Governorate in Iraq. Located to the north and east of the city Mosul, it is the only Christian-majority region in Iraq and have been a gathering point for Iraqi Christians since 2003. Control o ...

. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. Babirah is populated by

Yazidis Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (; ), are a Kurdish languages, Kurdish-speaking Endogamy, endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The major ...

History

Shrine of Shekhse Bate in Babera village 32

The village was originally an Assyrian village known as Bet Bore before it was settled by Yazidis and was known to contain an Assyrian population up until at least the 13th century.

Yazidi holy sites

In Babira as well as the neighbouring town of Risala, the following Yazidi shrines are found: # Melik Şêxsin # Balilê Habaş # Şexsê Batê

References

{{Nineveh plains Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Yazidi populated places in Iraq Historic Assyrian communities in Iraq