- Source: List of Assyrian settlements
The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who left their indigenous tribal districts in Hakkari (or the historical Hakkari region), Sirnak and Mardin province due to torment, violence and displacement by Ottomans and Kurds in the First World War. Many Assyrians from Urmia, Iran were also affected and as such have emigrated and settled in other towns. Resettling again occurred during the Simele massacre in northern Iraq, perpetrated by the Iraqi military coup in the 1930s, with many fleeing to northeastern Syria.
Most modern resettlement is located in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran in the cities of Baghdad, Habbaniyah, Kirkuk, Duhok, Al-Hasakah, Tehran, Mardin and Damascus. Few Assyrian settlements exist in Turkey today and also in the Caucasus. The exodus to the cities or towns of these aforementioned countries occurred between late 1910s and 1930s. After the Iraq War in 2003, a number of Assyrians in Baghdad relocated to the Assyrian homeland in northern Iraq. Many others have immigrated to North America, Europe and Australia, especially in the late 20th century and 21st century. Currently, there are a number of settlements on this list that have been abandoned due to persecution, conflict, and other causes.
Iraq
= Baghdad Province
== Dohuk Province
== Erbil Province
== Kirkuk Governorate
== Nineveh Province
== Abandoned villages
=Iran
= Iranian Kurdistan
=Sanandaj
= Tehran Province
=Gisha
Syria
Assyrians immigrated to Syria during the 1930s and 1940s, from northern Iraq, after they were slaughtered and displaced during the Simele massacre perpetrated by the armed forces of the Kingdom of Iraq. Many Assyrians in Syria did not have Syrian citizenship and title to their land until late 1940s. The Assyrians who settled in the Khabour River Valley organized their villages according to their own tribal structure, with each village belonging to a single tribe. As such, each village effectively has two names, the official Arabic name and the unofficial Assyrian name, with the latter being the name of the tribe that built the town.
Turkey
= Diyarbakır Province
=Diyarbakır
= Batman Province
=Hesno d'Kefo
Kafro 'Elayto
= Mardin province
=ʼArbo
ʼAnḥel
Beth Kustan
Beth Debe, Turkish: Dibek
Beth Man’am, Turkish: Bahminir
Birguriya, Turkish: Birigirya
Bnebil, Turkish: Benabil
Boté, Turkish: Bardakçı
Bsorino
Chtrako
Dara, Turkish: Oğuz
Derelya
Dayro Daslibo
Deyrqube
Ehwo, Turkish: Güzelsu
Eskikale
Habsus, Turkish: Mercimekli
Hah, Turkish: Anıtlı
Harabale/Arkah, Turkish: Üçköy
Harabémechka, Turkish: Dağiçi
Kafro Tahtayto
Iwardo
Keferb
Keferze
Kelith, Turkish: Dereiçi
Kerburan
Kfarbé, Turkish: Güngören
M’aré, Turkish: Eskihisar
Ma'asarte, Turkish: Ömerli
Mardin
Midyat
Mor Bobo, Turkish: Günyurdu
Mzizah
Nusaybin
Qritho di‘Ito (Gundeké Sukru)
Qritho Hanna (Gundeké Hanna)
Saleh
Séderi, Turkish: Üçyol
Zaz
= Şırnak Province
=Azakh, Turkish: İdil
Hoz, in Beytüşşebap
Meer, Turkish: Kovankaya
Öğündük
Sare/Ester/Gawayto, Turkish: Sarıköy
= Hakkari Province
=The following is a list of Assyrian settlements in the Hakkari region prior to the Assyrian genocide of 1914. The Assyrian settlements in this region were divided into two groups, ashiret and rayyat. The ashiret settlements belonged to the five semi-independent tribes of Tyari, Tkhuma, Baz, Jilu, and Dez with each tribe presiding over its own district. The rayyat settlements were vassals to either the ashiret tribes or to Kurdish chieftains.
Armenia
The Assyrian population in Armenia is mainly rural. Out of 3,409 Assyrians in Armenia 2,885 (84.6%) was rural and 524 (15.4%) urban.
According to the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages there were four rural settlements with significant Assyrian population.
= Ararat Province
=Verin Dvin - Assyrians and Armenians
Dimitrov - Assyrians and Armenians
= Armavir Province
=Nor Artagers - Assyrians, Armenians and Yazidis
= Kotayk Province
=Arzni - Assyrians and Armenians
See also
List of Assyrian tribes
Assyrian diaspora
Assyrian people
Tur Abdin
Barwari
Hakkari
Nineveh Plains
Nahla valley
Sapna valley
References
Bibliography
Eshoo, Majed (2004). Mary Challita (ed.). The Fate Of Assyrian Villages Annexed To Today's Dohuk Governorate In Iraq And The Conditions In These Villages Following The Establishment Of The Iraqi State In 1921.
Meho, Lokman I.; Maglaughlin, Kelly L. (2001). Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313315435.
Wilmshurst, David (2000). The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. University of Virginia: Peeters. ISBN 9782877235037.
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