Qasrok, Iraq

This article is about the town in Iraq. For the town in Syria, see Qasrok, Syria.

Qasrok قەسرۆک, Qesrok, قصروك
Town
Qasrok Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°41′44″N43°36′5″E / 36.69556°N 43.60139°E / 36.69556; 43.60139
Country	Iraq
Region	Kurdistan Region
Governorate	Nineveh Governorate
District	Shekhan District
	Majority Kurdish, with an Assyrian minority
Demonym	Qasroki
Time zone	UTC+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 settled by Assyrians from the Tkhuma tribe and were destroyed during the Simele massacre. ^[3]

References

• Basic information about Shekhan District, Christian Aid Program in Iraq

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.