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dubbed as a "modernization drive"; the neighborhoods were Bar Barozh, Saraeye, Kalhey, Burj and Barshey, whose inhabitants were relocated to the new towns or elsewhere in Iraq and replaced by Arabs. The majority of the Arabs resettled in the Sinjar Mountains have remained in the region as of 2010.
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and the religious composition consisted of Yazidis, Sunni Muslims, and Christians. There were 23 primary schools, three intermediate schools and seven secondary schools, a hospital, two other health care facilities, three public parks and two sports fields. The town had three churches, a
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empires and several times switched hands between the two empires. A 6th-century source describes the population of Singara as being composed of Pagans, Christians and Jews. There are few visible traces of the ancient town of Singara.
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to retake Sinjar from ISIL militants, Kurdish forces pushed into the city. However, the Kurdish advance into Sinjar was stalled, as they faced stiff resistance from ISIL militants inside the southern half of the city.
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village believed to be executed by ISIL militants. Following the recapture of Sinjar, Yazidi groups engaged in revenge looting and burnings targeting Sunni Muslims, as well as reprisal killings.
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In August 2017, the Yazidis of Sinjar declared their government autonomous at a press conference. Peshmerga forces withdrew from Sinjar on 17 October 2017, allowing the Iraqi Army and the
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According to statistical survey of the Sinjar District in 2013, the city of Sinjar had a population of 77,926. The ethnic composition of the city consisted of Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, and
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destroyed the double wall of Sinjar and the mashhad of Ali in 1262; the mashhad was rebuilt afterward by the Ilkhanid's Persian governor of the area Muhammad al-Yazdi. Ibn al-Adim and
1426: 969: 1687: 1058: 1296:"Emerging Land Tenure Issues among Displaced Yazidis from Sinjar, Iraq: How Chances of Return may be Further Undermined by a Discrimination Policy Dating Back 40 Years" 1924: 492:(d. 1186) noted that Sinjar was protected by a double wall, the first being the original wall built by the Uqaylids and the newer wall built by the local Zengid ruler 721: 406:, an Arab tribe. At the beginning of 6th century, a tribe called Qadišaiē (Kαδίσηνοι), who were of either Kurdish or Arab origin, dwelt there. The Qadišaye practiced 1462: 709:(in office in 1816–1831) was unable to suppress the Yazidis and the Yazidi revolts of 1850–1864 were ended after the diplomatic efforts of the Ottoman statesman 1555: 1080: 864:(PMU) to enter the town. The control of the town was handed over to the PMU-backed Yazidi group called "Lalesh Brigades" after Peshmerga's withdrawal. 1919: 655: 1675: 1839: 1718: 954: 806: 1929: 872: 810: 786: 627:(d. 1369) mentioned that the inhabitants of the city were Kurds, whom he describes as "brave and generous". He also remarked that Sinjar's 753:
On 13 August 2009, a suicide bombing killed 21 people and wounded 32 in a cafe in the Kalaa neighborhood of Sinjar. On 14 August 2010, a
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In 1974–1975, five neighborhoods in the city of Sinjar were Arabized during a campaign by the Iraqi government of President
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conquered the area in 1169 and 1171; in the latter year, a cadet branch of the Zengids was established in Sinjar under
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successors of the Ilkhanids captured Sinjar after a seven-month siege according to oral traditions cited by
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in 1106/07, Sinjar entered its most prosperous historical period lasting through the mid-13th century. The
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they captured the city of Sinjar on 3 August. During the following days, IS militants perpetrated the
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report, 5,000 Yazidi civilians were killed during ISIL's August offensive. It is also known as the
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with their mosaic-laced floors and walls and octagonal stone pools. During his visit of the city,
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Thomas A. Carlson et al., "Sinjar – ܫܝܓܪ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified 30 June 2014,
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Sinjar was conquered in the 630s–640s by the Arab Muslims led by the commander
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This article is about the Iraqi town. 'Sinjar' may also refer to its eponymous
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captured the city and erected a citadel there. Beginning with the rule of the
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Sinjar after the reconquest of the so-called "Islamic State", December 2015
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Cathedral rising above ruined buildings in the old neighborhood of Sinjar.
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Savelzberg, Eva; Hajo, Siamend; Dulz, Irene (July–December 2010).
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enabled the authorities to tax and impose customs in the area.
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temple (meaning '40 Men') is found on the highest peak of the
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In the 2nd century AD, Sinjar became a military base called
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tribe, while the Sinjar Mountains were inhabited by 45,000
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On the night of 20 December 2014, in the course of a
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After 1830, the nahiya of Sinjar became part of the
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district of the Jazira, al-Ashraf Muzaffar al-Din (
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It later was controlled by the ruler of 1826:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition 1611:"Êzidî women: Autonomy will bring freedom" 817:. Following the withdrawal of the Kurdish 46: 1862: 1834:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 643–644. 1110: 615:(d. 1283) referred to Sinjar as "little 1925:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate 1596:"Yazidis Get Revenge on ISIS in Sinjar" 1372:Phillips, David L. (29 November 2018). 1001: 259: 246: 238: 225: 187: 152: 80: 68: 1180:"La Passion arabe de S. 'Abd al-Masih" 1165: 955:Disputed territories of Northern Iraq 785:, all of which were destroyed by the 631:was encircled by a perennial stream. 443:and thereafter incorporated into the 251: 230: 215: 205: 7: 873:Operations Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger 811:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 787:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 320: 1780:The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition 1635:Szlanko, Balint (17 October 2017). 1598:. 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Index

Shingal
district
mountains
nearby plain
Sinjar in 2019
Sinjar is located in Iraq
Sinjar is located in Near East
36°19′21″N 41°51′51″E / 36.32250°N 41.86417°E / 36.32250; 41.86417
Iraq
Nineveh
Sinjar District
Time zone
UTC+3
Arabic
romanized
Kurdish
Syriac
romanized
Sinjar District
Nineveh Governorate
Iraq
Sinjar Mountains
Yazidi

Jazira
Singara
limes
Roman Empire
Sasanians
mountains around Sinjar

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