Batnaya

Coordinates: 36°32′15″N 43°7′24″E / 36.53750°N 43.12333°E / 36.53750; 43.12333
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Batnaya
Village
Tel Kaif District

Batnaya (

Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains
.

In the village, there are Chaldean Catholic churches of Mar Quriaqos and Mart Maryam.[2] The Mar Oraha Monastery is also located near the village.

Etymology

Several theories have been put forward for the origin of the name of the village as local traditions suggest it may derive from "beth" ("place" in Syriac) and "ṭeṭnāyé" ("clouded corneas" in Syriac), thus translating to "the place of those who have clouded corneas", which is believed to allude to eye diseases caused by plaiting reeds, or could be a combination of "beth" and "ṭnānā" ("zeal" in Syriac) and translate to "place of zeal".[3] The village's original name, Beṯ Maḏāye, is argued by the French Syriacist Jean Maurice Fiey to derive from "beth" and "Madaye" ("Medes" in Syriac) and thus translates to "place of the Medes".[3]

History

Batnaya is first attested with the name Beṯ Maḏāye in the History of Beṯ Qōqā in the seventh century AD, at which time the village is believed to have been converted to Christianity by Mar Oraha (Saint Abraham the Mede).[2][4] Jean Maurice Fiey argues that the name Beṯ Maḏāye suggests that the village was inhabited by Yazidis prior to their conversion.[3] Batnaya is also identified as the Beṯ Maḏāye mentioned in a letter of Catholicos Ishoyahb II (r. 628–645).[3] The church of Mar Quriaqos, which is believed to have originally been a monastery,[2] is mentioned in 1474, in which year a manuscript was copied there by the priest Īshō, son of Isaac, of Hakkari.[5]

The village was populated by

Arabic: al-Tahira, "all pure") was constructed in 1866.[2][7] The population grew to 900 people by 1867 and then to 1000 people in 1891.[2]
In 1913, Batnaya was inhabited by 2,500 Chaldean Catholics with three priests.[8] The church of Mar Quriaqos was rebuilt in 1944.[6]

By 1961, the population of Batnaya had reached 3104 people.

weapons dump,[10] was blown up whilst the church of Mar Quriaqos was ransacked,[2] and only 1% of the village's 997 houses was still intact.[11]

In cooperation with Canadian, French, and American teams, the Peshmerga subsequently set about clearing the village of mines and bombs planted by ISIL fighters.

disputed by the Iraqi government.[11] In November 2018, half of the village's population still resided at a refugee camp at Tesqopa.[12] The village has since undergone reconstruction as the United Nations Development Programme restored 400 houses, and the first 10 families returned to Batnaya in May 2019.[13] Eventually, 300 people had returned by February 2020,[11] and the village's population grew to 720 people by the following year.[14]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "باطنايا". Ishtar TV (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "The Mar Qouryakos Church in Batnaya". Mesopotamia Heritage. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Fiey (1975), p. 377.
  4. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 232–233.
  5. ^ a b c Wilmshurst (2000), p. 232.
  6. ^ a b Fiey (1975), p. 378.
  7. ^ Fiey (1975), p. 379.
  8. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 199.
  9. ^ Fiey (1975), p. 376.
  10. ^
    The Ferret
    . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b c John Pontifex (25 February 2020). "Iraq: ACN helps rebuild flattened Christian village". Independent Catholic News. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  12. ^ "80-year-old dreams of the day her village will recover from ISIS war". Rudaw Media Network. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Restored houses bring families back home to Batnaya". United Nations Development Programme. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

Bibliography

  • Fiey, Jean Maurice (1975). Assyrie Chrétienne (in French). Vol. 2. Imprimerie Catholique de Beyrouth. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  • Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.

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