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.
Dashqotan | |
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  Dashqotan Location in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 36°39′25″N 43°13′00″E / 36.65696°N 43.21667°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Nineveh Governorate |
| District | Tel Kaif District |
In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East.[1][4]
History
editThe 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]
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Citations
- ^ a b "قداديس عيد الميلاد المجيد في كنائس قرى دشقوتان وكرماوي". Ishtar TV (in Arabic). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Rassam (2005), p. 167.
- ^ Youkhana (2019), p. 144.
- ^ Bennett (2016), p. 86.
- ^ "Providing Water Pump In Dashqotan Village And Maintenance Of A Water Tank In Garmawa". Assyrian Aid Society. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Dashqotani". Ishtar TV. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Lopez, Kathryn Jean (7 August 2014). "Inside Christian Elimination in Iraq". National Review. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Hammurabi Human Right Organization – Annual Report: Human Rights Violations in Iraq 2015" (PDF). Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 2015. p. 65. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "NINEWA ISHM NO.6: OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 29". Education for Peace in Iraq Center. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
Bibliography
edit- 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.