Dashqotan

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

Dashqotan
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateNineveh Governorate
DistrictTel Kaif District

In the village, there is a church of the Virgin Mary of the Ancient Church of the East.[1][3]

History

The Assyrian Aid Society provided a water pump for the village in 2012.[4] The Supreme Committee of Christian Affairs had constructed 33 houses and a church at Dashqotan by 2013.[5] The village's population was forced to flee the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive in August 2014.[6] In 2015, 15 displaced Christian families inhabited Dashqotan.[7] A power generator was provided to the village by the United States Agency for International Development in October 2019.[8] As of 2019, the village is largely inhabited by Assyrian people.[8]

References

Notes

  1. Alternatively transliterated as Dashkotan.[2]

Citations

  1. "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. Bennett (2016), p. 86
  4. "Providing Water Pump In Dashqotan Village And Maintenance Of A Water Tank In Garmawa". Assyrian Aid Society. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "Dashqotani". Ishtar TV. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. Lopez, Kathryn Jean (7 August 2014). "Inside Christian Elimination in Iraq". National Review. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. "Hammurabi Human Right Organization – Annual Report: Human Rights Violations in Iraq 2015" (PDF). Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 2015. p. 65. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. "NINEWA ISHM NO.6: OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 29". Education for Peace in Iraq Center. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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. 5. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 85–86.
  • Rassam, Suha (2005). Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day. Gracewing Publishing.

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