Qasrok, Iraq

Town In Kurdistan, Iraq.

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 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

^ "Li Dihok û Silêmanî qeza: 2 kes mirin". ROJ News (in Kurdish). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ "١٢٥ دۆنەمێن گەنمی ل ناحیا قەسرۆک ھاتنە سۆتن | Evro News". p. ku. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ 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.

Nineveh Plains in Nineveh Governorate, northern Iraq

Main settlements

Al-Hamdaniya District	Qaraqosh Bartella Karamlesh Bashiqa Bahzani
Tel Kaif District	Tel Keppe Alqosh Batnaya Tesqopa Baqofa Sharafiya Bozan Khatarah
Shekhan District	Ain Sifni Dashqotan Qasrok Ba'adra

Religious sites

Christian

Chaldean Catholic Church	Rabban Hormizd Monastery (640) Mar Oraha Monastery (6th century) Tomb of Prophet Nahum
Syriac Catholic Church	Mar Behnam Monastery (4th century)
Syriac Orthodox Church	Mar Mattai Monastery (363) Monastery of Saint John of Dailam (7th century)