Harir

Harir (Kurdish: ھەریر ,Harîr‎)[1][2] is a town and sub-district located in the district of Shaqlawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region. Harir was founded by displaced Assyrian families from the Nochiya Region fleeing the Assyrian genocide around 1915. Harir is home to the famous Matran Family (family of Saint Mar Yosip Khnanishu X) which is from Nochiya. It has a population of 30,100 as of 2018.

For the village in Iran, see Harir, Iran.
Harir

Kurdish: ھەریر ,Harîr‎
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 a Kurdish Center for Human Rights, on 18 February 2006 the KRG's 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]

In the sub-district of Harir, the relics of the fourth century Assyrian Church of the East churches of Mar Odisho and Mar Bawai in Darbandokeh still remain.

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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