Bashiqa (Kurdish: بەعشیقە, romanized: Başîqa;[1][2] Arabic: بعشيقة, romanized: Ba'shīqah; Syriac: ܒܥܫܝܩܐ[3]) is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh plain, between Mosul and Sheikhan, on the edges of Mount Maqlub.
The urban area of Bashiqa and Bahzani had the third largest Yazidi population in Iraq prior to the Yazidi genocide. Whilst Bahzani contains older buildings with numerous ancient sites, Bashiqa is more modern and consists mainly of newer infrastructure and architecture. Between 2014 and 2016, ISIS destroyed 22 Yazidi mausoleums that were located in Bashiqa and Bahzani, the Yazidi libraries were demolished and the famous sacred olive grove in Bahzani was burnt.[4]
Around 85% of the population is Yazidi in 2021. The remaining 15% are 390 ethnic Christian Assyrians which include around 300 Syriac Orthodox families and 90 Syriac Catholic families.[5]
^"Pêşmerge li Başîqa bi tundî bersiva Daîş dide û şer li Xazir berdewame". Tigris Haber (in Turkish). 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^"لێدوانی چاوشئۆغڵو لەبارەی عێراق و بەعشیقە". Anadolu Agency (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
^Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Baʿshīqa — ܒܥܫܝܩܐ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/303.
^"The Yazidi mausoleum of Melek Miran in Bashiqa". Mesopotamia. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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Bashiqa (Kurdish: بەعشیقە, romanized: Başîqa; Arabic: بعشيقة, romanized: Ba'shīqah; Syriac: ܒܥܫܝܩܐ) is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh plain...
his hometown of Bashiqa and inflicting a devastating defeat despite being outnumbered. He went on to become the head of the Bashiqa-Bahzani and in later...
military bases of the Turkish Armed Forces in Qatar, Syria, Somalia and Bashiqa, among an unknown amount of other bases internationally, are currently...
(GMT+3), a bus carrying workers from the Mosul Textile Factory en route to Bashiqa, Al-Hamdaniya District was stopped by cars owned by unidentified attackers...
reside mainly in the districts of Shekhan, Simele, Zakho and Tel Kaif, in Bashiqa and Bahzani, and the areas around Sinjar mountains in Sinjar district....
Uncensored Report - Francesco Abbruzzino (14 November 2016). "Footage from Bashiqa as Peshmerga engage ISIS up close and personal". Archived from the original...
against "the great Sheikh" at Bashiqa. Buried near the monastery of Mar Gûrgîs in the Mosul area. His servant was buried at Bashiqa. Şêx Entûş/Hentûş/Întûz...
Bosnia and Herzegovina stationed at Mehmet The Conqueror Barracks. Iraq Bashiqa and Bamarni Air Base Turkey has signed agreement with Iraq which includes...
is a mountain North east of Mosul, Iraq, east of Khorsabad and nearby Bashiqa township and near Ain Sifni in Northern Iraq. The mountain is located behind...
in northern Iraq. The town of Bahzani, together with its twin village Bashiqa, have historically hosted diverse populations. The majority of residents...
Sheikh caste from the Qatanî lineage of Şêx Simayîlê Enzelî in the town of Bashiqa as the youngest of three brothers. In 1649 AD, he was appointed as the...
took control of most disputed areas, including Kirkuk, Khanaqin, Jalawla, Bashiqa, Sinjar and Makhmur. The strategically important Mosul Dam was also captured...
districts of Shekhan, Zakho and Simele in Duhok, and Tel Kaif district and Bashiqa in Nineveh governorate. In the Middle East, Zoroastrianism is found in...
Nareen Shammo (born 1986 in Bashiqa, Iraq) is a Yazidi investigative journalist and a human rights defender. She studied English literature at the Al-Hadba...
Qewlê Şêx Erebegî Întûzî: He has a tomb and a qubbe (conical spire) at Bashiqa, near Mosul. Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances...
discussed the issue and decided to hold the referendum in their region. The Bashiqa Town Council voted the next day and decided to take part in the referendum...
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