Qasrok, Iraq

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This article is about the town in Iraq. For the town in Syria, see Qasrok, Syria.
Qasrok
قەسرۆک, Qesrok, قصروك
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Qasrok is located in Iraq
Qasrok
Qasrok
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°41′44″N 43°36′5″E / 36.69556°N 43.60139°E / 36.69556; 43.60139
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateNineveh Governorate
DistrictShekhan District
 Majority Kurdish, with an Assyrian minority
DemonymQasroki
Time zoneUTC+3 (Arabian Standard Time)
Area code+964

Qasrok (Kurdish: قەسرۆک, Qesrok,[1][2] Arabic: قصروك) is an Iraqi town located in the Shekhan District of the Nineveh Governorate. Qasrok's residents are mostly Kurds with a small Assyrian minority.

The town and the surrounding villages were demolished and later recolonized by Arabs during the late 1960s. Most of the Arabs, however, returned to their original settlements after the 2003.

History

A number of the town's village's, such as Badariyah, Bajilla, Malla-Birwan, and Kifre, were Yazidi villages settled by Assyrians from the Tkhuma tribe and were destroyed during the Simele massacre.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Li Dihok û Silêmanî qeza: 2 kes mirin". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ "١٢٥ دۆنەمێن گەنمی ل ناحیا قەسرۆک ھاتنە سۆتن | Evro News". p. ku. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. ^ Donabed, Sargon (2015-02-01). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8605-6.


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