Dera Shish

Dera Shish
Dera Shish
Location in Iraq
Dera Shish
Dera Shish (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°19′36″N 42°47′58″E / 37.32667°N 42.79944°E / 37.32667; 42.79944
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictZakho District
Sub-districtDarkar

Dera Shish (Arabic: دئيره شيش,[1] Kurdish: دێرشیش)[2][nb 1] also known as ʿŪmrā and ‘Ūmra Shghisha, is a village in Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located near the Iraq–Turkey border in the district of Zakho.

In the village, there was a church of Mar Ephrem.[3] The Monastery of Mar Atqen was located near the village.[6]

History

The Monastery of Mar Atqen is mentioned in the 9th century Book of Chastity by Ishoʿdnaḥ.[6] In 1913, 200 Chaldean Catholic Assyrians inhabited Dera Shish, and were served by one functioning church as part of the diocese of Zakho.[7] In the Iraqi census of 1957, the village had a population of 361 people.[3] A significant number of inhabitants fled as a consequence of the First Iraqi–Kurdish War in the early 1960s.[3] Dera Shish was destroyed by the Iraqi government in 1975, displacing the remaining 50 families,[3] and the monastery was also demolished by Iraqi soldiers during the Al-Anfal campaign in 1987.[8]

By 2011, 8 families had returned to Dera Shish, and the Hezel Foundation had constructed 20 houses and a community hall, and developed the village's infrastructure.[8] As of 2016, the village is inhabited by 32 Assyrians.[9]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Derashīsh,[3] Der Shish,[4] or Deir Shīsh.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ "Dera Shish: Iraq". Geographic.org. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ "2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان" (PDF). Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) (in Kurdish). p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Donabed (2015), pp. 306–307.
  4. ^ Eshoo (2004), p. 13.
  5. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "ʿUmra". Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b Wilmshurst (2000), p. 110.
  7. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 109.
  8. ^ a b "Der Shish (umra)". Ishtar TV. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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