Timeline of Zakho

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zakho, Iraq.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 641 – Zakho Great Mosque built after Islamic army had occupied Zakho ^[1]
• 1041 – Hasseniya Khabur was destroyed by Turkman forces called Ghuzz Forces ^[2]
• 1507 – Safavid captured Zakho ^[3]
• 1515 – The Ottoman Empire captured Zakho . ^[3]
• 1544 – Zakho became Sanjak ^[4]
• 1844 – English traveler William Francis Ainsworth visits Zakho ^[5]
• 1864 – Zakho was becoming District followed Mosul Eyalet ^[6]
• 1892 - In Zakho a pogrom started and 7 Jews were murdered

20th century

• 1918
  • November 30: Ottoman forces withdraw from Zakho and the British assume control over the city. ^[7]
• 1919 – The British Governor of Zakho Captin Persson assassinated By Hasso Dino . ^[8]
• 1922 – The first elementary school was opening. ^[9]
• 1923
  • The King of Iraq Faisal visited Zakho city. ^[10]
  • The first Iron bridge built ^[11]
• Sindhi tribe agha (chief) ambushed and killed six policemen, near Sharanish in April 1925. ^[12]
• 1934 – Al Saadun Bridge opened ^[13]
• 1946 – Khabur hotel became first hotel was opening in Zakho ^[14]
• 1970 – The first Television brought to the city ^[15]
• 1987
  • Qumri Ismael Haji was executed ^[16]
  • Zakho FC (football club) formed.
• 1991
  • March 13: People in the Zakho attacked the Iraqi military bases and stormed government buildings and took control of the town and inflicted heavy damage on government forces ^[17]
  • April 1: The Iraqi forces had recapture the city ^[17]
  • April 21: The Coalition forces had dismissed The Iraqi forces from Zakho ^[17] The Peshmerga entered Zakho.
• 1995 – A car bomb exploded in Zakho on February 27 ^[18]

21st century

• 2011 – Many stores selling alcohol and massage parlours crashed by many angry Kurds ^[19]
• 2013 – The University of Zakho opened ^{[20] [21]}
• 2015 – The Zakho International Stadium opened on June 3 ^[22]
• 2018 – Zakho tunnel opened on September 25 ^{[23] [24]}
• 2021 -The City becoming independent administration belong Duhok Governorate ^[25]
• 2024 - Museum of Zakho founded ^{[26] [27]}

References

1. "مدينة زاخو في محافظة دهوك". Academia. September 30, 2020. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021.
2. Strategies for revitalization and conservation of the historic bazaar of Zakho city page 4 By Warsheen Mohammed Ali on June 2019.
3. "موقف العشائر من أمراء بهدينان في زاخو في القرن السادس عشر". Academia. July 12, 2017.
4. "زاخو مدينة الحضارة والتاريخ". Gilgamish. July 28, 2006.
5. "تاريخ زاخو". Duhok Province.
6. "موقـع زاخـو الاستراتيجي تاريخيـًا". Oocities. March 28, 2009.
7. Demir, Enes (2017). Misak-ı Milli: Yeni Belgeler Işığında Vazgeçilmeyen Topraklar (in Turkish). p. 345. ASIN   605944430X. (Translated from Turkish) Zaho had been evacuated at the request of the British after the occupation of Mosul. It was occupied by the British when the Turkish troops left the city with their ammunition on November 30, 1918. The Turkish union, which had left Zaho, had retreated to Diyarbakir.
8. Zakho between past and present page 89 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
9. Zakho between past and present page 92 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
10. Zakho between past and present page 96 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
11. Zakho between past and present page 93 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
12. Zaken (2007), pp. 47–49. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFZaken2007 (help)
13. Zakho between past and present page 104 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
14. Zakho between past and present page 206 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
15. Zakho between past and present page 207 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
16. Zakho between past and present page 171 By Saed Haj Sadiq Zakhoyi.
17. "The 1991 Uprising in Iraq And Its Aftermath". HRW. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
18. "Car Bomb Kills At Least 54 In Kurdish Iraq". The New York Times. The New York Times. February 27, 1995. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
19. "Ankawa: Mullah Denies Responsibility for Kurdish Riots". Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
20. "University of Zakho".
21. "Duhok Province".
22. "زاخو تشهد إفتتاح أكبر ملعب كرة قدم في العراق". Rudaw TV. June 3, 2015.
23. "(بالصور) بحضور نيجيرفان بارزاني .. افتتاح نفق زاخو". Bas News. September 25, 2018.
24. "رئيس حكومة اقليم كوردستان يطلق مجموعة مشاريع في محافظة دهوك". Zagros Net. September 26, 2018.
25. "الإعلان عن الإدارة المستقلة لزاخو بحضور رئيس حكومة إقليم كوردستان". Kurdistan TV. September 20, 2021.
26. يضم 300 قطعة أثرية.. افتتاح متحف تاريخي وتراثي في زاخو ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
27. متحف زاخو محط أنظار السائحين