Dashqotan

Dashqotan
Dashqotan is located in Iraq
Dashqotan
Dashqotan
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°39′25″N 43°13′00″E / 36.65696°N 43.21667°E / 36.65696; 43.21667
Country Iraq
GovernorateNineveh Governorate
DistrictTel Kaif District

Dashqotan (Arabic: دشقوتان)[1][nb 1] is a village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains.

In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East.[1][4]

History

The Assyrian Aid Society provided a water pump for the village in 2012.[5] The Supreme Committee of Christian Affairs had constructed 33 houses and a church at Dashqotan by 2013.[6] The village's population was forced to flee the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive in August 2014.[7] In 2015, 15 displaced Christian families inhabited Dashqotan.[8] A power generator was provided to the village by the United States Agency for International Development in October 2019.[9] As of March 2021, the village is inhabited by 112 Assyrians in 25 families.[10]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Dashkotan,[2] or Deshkotan.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "قداديس عيد الميلاد المجيد في كنائس قرى دشقوتان وكرماوي". Ishtar TV (in Arabic). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Rassam (2005), p. 167.
  3. ^ Youkhana (2019), p. 144.
  4. ^ Bennett (2016), p. 86.
  5. ^ "Providing Water Pump In Dashqotan Village And Maintenance Of A Water Tank In Garmawa". Assyrian Aid Society. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Dashqotani". Ishtar TV. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. ^ Lopez, Kathryn Jean (7 August 2014). "Inside Christian Elimination in Iraq". National Review. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Hammurabi Human Right Organization – Annual Report: Human Rights Violations in Iraq 2015" (PDF). Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 2015. p. 65. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. ^ "NINEWA ISHM NO.6: OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 29". Education for Peace in Iraq Center. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

Bibliography

  • Bennett, Byard J. (2016). "Ancient Church of the East". In George Thomas Kurian; Mark A. Lamport (eds.). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Vol. 5. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 85–86.
  • Rassam, Suha (2005). Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day. Gracewing Publishing.
  • Youkhana, Emanuel (2019). "Fleeing ISIS: Aramaic-speaking Christians in the Niniveh Plains after ISIS". In Bayar Mustafa Sevdeen; Thomas Schmidinger (eds.). Beyond ISIS: History and Future of Religious Minorities in Iraq. Transnational Press London. pp. 125–150.