Tesqopa
Tesqopa
ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ تسقوبا | |
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Coordinates: 36°35′50.72″N 43°6′13.40″E / 36.5974222°N 43.1037222°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Nineveh |
District | Tel Kaif |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 4,185 |
Time zone | GMT +3 |
Tesqopa (
The town was captured by
Many of the residents of the town returned with aid from Hungary,[5] while a large portion has migrated to Europe.[3]
Early history
Tesqopa is not mentioned in Thomas of Marga's Book of Governors (c. 840) or any of the other early monastic histories of the Church of the East, and may well have been founded as late as the Seljuq period, perhaps in the eleventh century. It is first mentioned as a Christian village in a thirteenth-century poem by the Assyrian writer Giwargis Warda. This poem describes its sack by a raiding band of Mongols in November 1235 and the destruction of its church of Mar Yaʿqob the Recluse.[6]
Tesqopa was subject to many attacks by the Mongols, the worst among them was the massacre of 1436 by the
Modern history
The town received many Assyrian refugees from Baghdad and Mosul in the wake of the
In early August 2014,
ISIL militants overran the town during dawn on 3 May 2016 however they were driven out of the town by Peshmerga fighters later in the day.[9] By 2017, several hundred families had returned to the town and the parish church was functioning again. The Hungarian government assisted in rebuilding the destroyed homes of 991 Christian families.[10]
References
- ^ "The Struggle to Exist: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). www.atour.com. Assyria Council of Europe.
- ^ "تللسقف) تسقوبا)". Ishar TV (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Region in focus - Iraqi ghost town used as base to fight ISIL". Ishtar TV. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Asharq al-Awsat. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Teleskuf, the rebirth of an Iraqi village". Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Wilmshurst, EOCE, 202 and 234
- ^ استشهاد أكثر من خمس وعشرين شخصا في انفجار تللسقف. Zahrira (in Arabic). 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Pictures Show Aftermath of ISIS Looting, Plundering Assyrian Town". AINA News. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "US Navy Seal killed in Iraq as IS breaches Peshmerga lines". BBC News. BBC. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Ádám, Forisek (29 July 2018). "Már számadatok is bizonyítják: Nyugat-Európát nem érdeklik az üldözött keresztények". 888.hu. Retrieved 30 October 2022.