Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (Arabic: باعدرة/باعذرة, Kurdish: باعەدرێ, romanized: Baedrê[2][3]) is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The town is located in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. According to 2014 statistics, Baadre's urban population was 9 835 and the rural population was 5 167.[4]
Baadre's residents are mostly Yazidis and is considered the political capital of the Yazidis[1] as it has been the base of the group's leader, the Mir.[5] The castle of the princely family is found here.[6]
Yazidi cemetery in BaadreYazidi temple (Quba Haji Ali) in Baadre
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Baadre (also written Ba'adra, Badra or Bathra, (Arabic: باعدرة/باعذرة, Kurdish: باعەدرێ, romanized: Baedrê) is a town located in the Shekhan District of...
Al-Hamdaniya District to the south, and the Tel Kaif District to the west. Baadre, considered the political capital of the Yazidis, is also in this district...
Yezidis Reign 27 July 2019 - present Predecessor Tahseen Said Born 1 May 1963 Baadre, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Spouse Mayan Khairi Saeed Lineage group Qatanî...
raid against the town of Baadre. In anticipation of the attack, thousands of Yezidi warriors stationed themselves in Baadre. The raid was called off due...
invitation and a few days later, arrived with a small escort at the town of Baadre, where the residence of the Yezidi princely family is located. It is unknown...
Ilyas Silo in the village of Baadre in Shekhan district. He was from a poor family of the Hekarî tribe and attended Baadre Primary School from 16 September...
or Tahsin Beg Saied (Kurdish: Mîr Tehsîn Seîd Beg, b. 15 August 1933 in Baadre – d. 28 January 2019 in Hanover) was the hereditary leader (Mīr, or prince)...
Quba Haji Ali Temple Ba'adra, Iraq Khiz Rahman Shrine Baadre, Iraq Shrine of Khiz Rahman in Baadre Sultan Ezid Temple Tbilisi, Georgia Temple modelled on...
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