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==History== ==History==
] included the town as part of ] in his demarcation and mentioned that the town was ruled by ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bengio|first=Ofra|date=2014|title=Game Changers: Kurdish Women in Peace and War|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43698618?seq=1|journal=]|volume=70|pages=30-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gurses|first=Mehmet|title=The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2020|isbn=9781793613592|pages=208}}</ref>
Harir was rebuilt by Assyrians from ] following the ]. In 1938, Harir had seventy-eight families (485 persons).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donabed |first1=Sargon |title=Reforging a Forgotten History |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=276}}</ref>

Harir was rebuilt{{Clarify|reason=Why was the townd destroyed?|date=February 2021}} by Assyrians from ] following the ]. In 1938, Harir had seventy-eight families (485 persons).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donabed |first1=Sargon |title=Reforging a Forgotten History |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=276}}</ref>

In the 1947 census, the town had a population of 8,930 of which 95% of was ].<ref>{{cite book|author1=C. J. Edmonds|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&hl=da&id=Qm26AAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=|title=Kurds, Turks and Arabs, Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925|date=1957|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=|isbn=|location=|page=439|pages=|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>


Prior to its destruction in 1963, the total number of Assyrian households numbered over ninety. According to the Kurdish Center for Human Rights, on 18 February 2006 the Kurdish Minister of Human Rights discussed the uncovering of a mass grave in which some thirty-seven bodies were identified as Assyrians originally from Harir.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donabed |first1=Sargon |title=Reforging a Forgotten History |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=277}}</ref> Prior to its destruction in 1963, the total number of Assyrian households numbered over ninety. According to the Kurdish Center for Human Rights, on 18 February 2006 the Kurdish Minister of Human Rights discussed the uncovering of a mass grave in which some thirty-seven bodies were identified as Assyrians originally from Harir.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donabed |first1=Sargon |title=Reforging a Forgotten History |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=277}}</ref>

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For the village in Iran, see Harir, Iran. Place in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Harir
The town of HarirThe town of Harir
Harir is located in Iraqi KurdistanHarirHarirShow map of Iraqi KurdistanHarir is located in IraqHarirHarirShow map of Iraq
Coordinates: 36°33′06″N 44°21′06″E / 36.5517°N 44.3516°E / 36.5517; 44.3516
Country Iraq
Autonomous region Kurdistan Region
ProvinceErbil Governorate

Harir (Template:Lang-ku) is a town and sub-district located in the district of Shaqlawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

History

Evliya Çelebi included the town as part of Kurdistan in his demarcation and mentioned that the town was ruled by Mir Xanzad.

Harir was rebuilt by Assyrians from Hakkari following the Assyrian genocide. In 1938, Harir had seventy-eight families (485 persons).

In the 1947 census, the town had a population of 8,930 of which 95% of was Kurdish.

Prior to its destruction in 1963, the total number of Assyrian households numbered over ninety. According to the Kurdish Center for Human Rights, on 18 February 2006 the Kurdish Minister of Human Rights discussed the uncovering of a mass grave in which some thirty-seven bodies were identified as Assyrians originally from Harir.

See also

References

  1. "ھاتوچۆی بارھەڵگر لە ڕێگەی دووسایدی شەقڵاوە –ھەریر قەدەغە دەکرێت" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Xîyaneta 'ohetê sînorî'". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Kurdish). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. Bengio, Ofra (2014). "Game Changers: Kurdish Women in Peace and War". Middle East Institute. 70: 30–4.
  4. Gurses, Mehmet (2020). The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 208. ISBN 9781793613592.
  5. Donabed, Sargon. Reforging a Forgotten History. Edinburgh University Press. p. 276.
  6. C. J. Edmonds (1957). Kurds, Turks and Arabs, Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925. Oxford University Press. p. 439. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  7. Donabed, Sargon. Reforging a Forgotten History. Edinburgh University Press. p. 277.
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