Harir

Harir (Kurdish: ھەریر ,Harîr‎)[1][2] is a town and sub-district located in the district of Shaqlawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

For the village in Iran, see Harir, Iran.
Harir
The town of Harir
Harir
Harir
Coordinates: 36.5517°N 44.3516°E / 36.5517; 44.3516
Country Iraq
GovernorateErbil
DistrictsShaqlawa

History

Harir was rebuilt by Assyrians from Hakkari following the Assyrian genocide. In 1938, Harir had seventy-eight families (485 persons).[3]

Prior to its destruction in 1963, the total number of Assyrian households numbered over ninety. According to the Kurdish Center for Human Rights, on 18 February 2006 the Kurdish Minister of Human Rights discussed the uncovering of a mass grave in which some thirty-seven bodies were identified as Assyrians originally from Harir.[4]

See also

References
  1. "ھاتوچۆی بارھەڵگر لە ڕێگەی دووسایدی شەقڵاوە –ھەریر قەدەغە دەکرێت" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Xîyaneta 'ohetê sînorî'". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. Donabed, Sargon. Reforging a Forgotten History. Edinburgh University Press. p. 276.
  4. Donabed, Sargon. Reforging a Forgotten History. Edinburgh University Press. p. 277.
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