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'''Sarsing''' ({{lang-ku|سەرسنك|Sersing}},<ref>{{cite web|title=سەرسنك|url=http://bot.gov.krd/kurdish/duhok-province/sarsing|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=Official Site of General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan - Iraq|language=ku}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kurdistan24 rêjeya beşdariyê di dengdanê de belav dike|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/ku/news/5d5a8c39-8141-4148-a8df-08181a6f2f25|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=Kurdistan24|language=ku|date=30 September 2018}}</ref> {{lang-syr|ܣܪܣܢܓ}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarsink|url=https://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35281.html|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=]|date=2 July 2011}}</ref> is a village and sub-district in the ] in ], ]. It is located in the ] in the ]. '''Sarsing''' ({{lang-ku|سەرسنك|Sersing}},<ref>{{cite web|title=سەرسنك|url=http://bot.gov.krd/kurdish/duhok-province/sarsing|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=Official Site of General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan - Iraq|language=ku}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kurdistan24 rêjeya beşdariyê di dengdanê de belav dike|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/ku/news/5d5a8c39-8141-4148-a8df-08181a6f2f25|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=Kurdistan24|language=ku|date=30 September 2018}}</ref> {{lang-syr|ܣܪܣܢܓ}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarsink|url=https://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35281.html|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=]|date=2 July 2011}}</ref> is a town and sub-district in the ] in ], ]. It is located in the ] in the ].


In the village, there is a church of ] Mattai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mar Matte church – Sarsnk|url=https://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35530.html|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=]|date=12 December 2011}}</ref> There was previously a shrine of Mar ].{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} In the town , there is a church of ] Mattai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mar Matte church – Sarsnk|url=https://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35530.html|accessdate=11 August 2021|website=]|date=12 December 2011}}</ref> There was previously a shrine of Mar ].{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}


==History== ==History==
In 1922, Sarsing was settled by ] refugees of the ] clan from ] atop the ruins of an old Assyrian village.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} Upon its resettlement, the village's population consisted of 100 Assyrian families in 40 households, all adherents of the ], who had survived the ] in ].{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} The population shrank to roughly 150 people in 1933 amidst the ], but recovered to 301 people in 55 families by 1938.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} In 1922, Sarsing was settled by ] refugees of the ] clan from ] atop the ruins of an old Assyrian village.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} Upon its resettlement, the population consisted of 100 Assyrian families in 40 households, all adherents of the ], who had survived the ] in ].{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} The population shrank to roughly 150 people in 1933 amidst the ], but recovered to 301 people in 55 families by 1938.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}}


A royal palace was constructed at Sarsing by Crown Prince ], regent to King ], and was often visited by both regent and king in the summer.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} King Faisal II had a shrine of Mar ] built in the place of a ruined monastery of Mar Giwargis in the early 1950s and a church of Mar Mattai was also constructed in 1955 on the ruins of a monastery of Mar Mattai.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} A royal palace was constructed at Sarsing by Crown Prince ], regent to King ], and was often visited by both regent and king in the summer.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} King Faisal II had a shrine of Mar ] built in the place of a ruined monastery of Mar Giwargis in the early 1950s and a church of Mar Mattai was also constructed in 1955 on the ruins of a monastery of Mar Mattai.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}}


At the onset of the ] in 1961, the village's population had grown to 700 people in 150 families and 80 households.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} By the early 1960s, Sarsing had become a key tourist attraction and a hotel, cinema, and restaurants were established.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} However, after the war, most of the Assyrian villagers' land to the north and west of Sarsing were seized and settled by ] from the villages of ] and Kani Janarki under instruction from the Kurdish military leader ] in 1972–1973.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} At the onset of the ] in 1961, the population had grown to 700 people in 150 families and 80 households.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}} By the early 1960s, Sarsing had become a key tourist attraction and a hotel, cinema, and restaurants were established.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} However, after the war, most of the Assyrians' land to the north and west of Sarsing were seized and settled by ] from the villages of ] and Kani Janarki under instruction from the Kurdish military leader ] in 1972–1973.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}}


The shrine of Mar Giwargis was demolished in 1977 and replaced by a hotel that burnt down in the mid-1980s.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} In the aftermath of the ] and establishment of the ], displaced Kurds from the village of Jia in ] were resettled in 1993 by ] (KDP) leader ] in lands to the east of Sarsing seized from Assyrian villagers, until which point Sarsing had been exclusively populated by Assyrians.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Hanna|Barber|2017|p=45}} The shrine of Mar Giwargis was demolished in 1977 and replaced by a hotel that burnt down in the mid-1980s.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}} In the aftermath of the ] and establishment of the ], displaced Kurds from the village of Jia in ] were resettled in 1993 by ] (KDP) leader ] in lands to the east of Sarsing seized from Assyrians, until which point Sarsing had been exclusively populated by Assyrians.{{sfnp|Eshoo|2004|p=6}}{{sfnp|Hanna|Barber|2017|p=45}}


On 22 July 1998, it was reported that Assyrian houses at Sarsing were attacked by Kurds and some were injured by gun fire, including a fourteen year old child.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0244.html|title=Iraq: Update to Response to Information Request IRQ25099.E of 17 October 1996 on the treatment of Assyrian Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan, i.e., the safe haven, where Saddam's forces have been forbidden to enter by the United Nations|date=1 September 1998|publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> Reports of damages to crops and vineyards and theft of crops belonging to Assyrian villagers at Sarsing have also been documented since 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.org/reports/acetste.pdf|title=The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2010|website=]|access-date=11 August 2021|page=115}}</ref> In early 2009, 113 ] Assyrians with 35 families resided at Sarsing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.org/reports/acetste.pdf|title=The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2010|website=]|access-date=11 August 2021|page=33}}</ref> The Assyrian population has thus declined due to threats and attacks from Kurds from over 300 households in 2014, to 118 households in 2016, and then to 92 households in 2019, by which time the Kurdish population had grown to over 2000 households.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}}<ref>{{cite news |title=For Iraq’s Christians, this year might be their last|url=https://unherd.com/2019/12/for-iraqs-christians-this-year-might-be-their-last/|date=25 December 2019|access-date=1 August 2021|author=Reine Hanna|work=UnHerd}}</ref> On 22 July 1998, it was reported that Assyrian houses at Sarsing were attacked by Kurds and some were injured by gun fire, including a fourteen year old child.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0244.html|title=Iraq: Update to Response to Information Request IRQ25099.E of 17 October 1996 on the treatment of Assyrian Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan, i.e., the safe haven, where Saddam's forces have been forbidden to enter by the United Nations|date=1 September 1998|publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> Reports of damages to crops and vineyards and theft of crops belonging to Assyrians at Sarsing have also been documented since 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.org/reports/acetste.pdf|title=The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2010|website=]|access-date=11 August 2021|page=115}}</ref> In early 2009, 113 ] Assyrians with 35 families resided at Sarsing,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aina.org/reports/acetste.pdf|title=The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2010|website=]|access-date=11 August 2021|page=33}}</ref> and 1000 Assyrians, all of whom were adherents of the ], are estimated to have inhabited the town in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124160429/http://www.mena-rf.org/maps-downloads.html|title=Christian Communities in the Kurdistan Region|date=2012|website=Iraqi Kurdistan Christianity Project|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> The Assyrian population has thus declined due to threats and attacks from Kurds from over 300 households in 2014, to 118 households in 2016, and then to 92 households in 2019, by which time the Kurdish population had grown to over 2000 households.{{sfnp|Donabed|2015|pp=279–280}}<ref>{{cite news |title=For Iraq’s Christians, this year might be their last|url=https://unherd.com/2019/12/for-iraqs-christians-this-year-might-be-their-last/|date=25 December 2019|access-date=1 August 2021|author=Reine Hanna|work=UnHerd}}</ref> As of 2021, 325 Assyrians in 93 families inhabit Sarsing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shlama.org/population?fbclid=IwAR0rMdQbvDzjzV0_CIWBCjOGCU4OSVLrbsltgKijiY1fqYC2H6VAoQ8hJ8M|title=Population Project|website=Shlama Foundation|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>


==Gallery== ==Gallery==

Revision as of 17:22, 5 September 2021

Town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Sarsing
Town
Sarsing is located in IraqSarsingLocation in Iraq
Coordinates: 37°02′N 43°20′E / 37.033°N 43.333°E / 37.033; 43.333
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictAmadiya District
Sub-districtSarsing
Population
 • Urban16,766
 • Rural6,795

Sarsing (Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-syr) is a town and sub-district in the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the Amadiya District.

In the town , there is a church of Mar Mattai. There was previously a shrine of Mar Giwargis.

History

In 1922, Sarsing was settled by Assyrian refugees of the Tyari clan from Hakkari atop the ruins of an old Assyrian village. Upon its resettlement, the population consisted of 100 Assyrian families in 40 households, all adherents of the Church of the East, who had survived the Assyrian genocide in Turkey. The population shrank to roughly 150 people in 1933 amidst the Simele massacre, but recovered to 301 people in 55 families by 1938.

A royal palace was constructed at Sarsing by Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, regent to King Faisal II of Iraq, and was often visited by both regent and king in the summer. King Faisal II had a shrine of Mar Giwargis built in the place of a ruined monastery of Mar Giwargis in the early 1950s and a church of Mar Mattai was also constructed in 1955 on the ruins of a monastery of Mar Mattai.

At the onset of the First Iraqi–Kurdish War in 1961, the population had grown to 700 people in 150 families and 80 households. By the early 1960s, Sarsing had become a key tourist attraction and a hotel, cinema, and restaurants were established. However, after the war, most of the Assyrians' land to the north and west of Sarsing were seized and settled by Kurds from the villages of Araden Islam and Kani Janarki under instruction from the Kurdish military leader Mustafa Barzani in 1972–1973.

The shrine of Mar Giwargis was demolished in 1977 and replaced by a hotel that burnt down in the mid-1980s. In the aftermath of the Al-Anfal campaign and establishment of the Iraqi no-fly zones, displaced Kurds from the village of Jia in Erbil Governorate were resettled in 1993 by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani in lands to the east of Sarsing seized from Assyrians, until which point Sarsing had been exclusively populated by Assyrians.

On 22 July 1998, it was reported that Assyrian houses at Sarsing were attacked by Kurds and some were injured by gun fire, including a fourteen year old child. Reports of damages to crops and vineyards and theft of crops belonging to Assyrians at Sarsing have also been documented since 2002. In early 2009, 113 displaced Assyrians with 35 families resided at Sarsing, and 1000 Assyrians, all of whom were adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East, are estimated to have inhabited the town in 2012. The Assyrian population has thus declined due to threats and attacks from Kurds from over 300 households in 2014, to 118 households in 2016, and then to 92 households in 2019, by which time the Kurdish population had grown to over 2000 households. As of 2021, 325 Assyrians in 93 families inhabit Sarsing.

Gallery

  • Entrance to Sarsing Entrance to Sarsing
  • Inscription at the Church of Mar Mattai Inscription at the Church of Mar Mattai
  • Students and teachers at the Assyrian school at Sarsing in 1930 Students and teachers at the Assyrian school at Sarsing in 1930

References

  1. Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. "سەرسنك". Official Site of General Board of Tourism of Kurdistan - Iraq (in Kurdish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. "Kurdistan24 rêjeya beşdariyê di dengdanê de belav dike". Kurdistan24 (in Kurdish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. "Sarsink". Ishtar TV. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "Mar Matte church – Sarsnk". Ishtar TV. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ Eshoo (2004), p. 6.
  7. ^ Donabed (2015), pp. 279–280.
  8. Hanna & Barber (2017), p. 45.
  9. "Iraq: Update to Response to Information Request IRQ25099.E of 17 October 1996 on the treatment of Assyrian Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan, i.e., the safe haven, where Saddam's forces have been forbidden to enter by the United Nations". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. "The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe. February 2010. p. 115. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. "The Struggle to Exist Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe. February 2010. p. 33. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  12. "Christian Communities in the Kurdistan Region". Iraqi Kurdistan Christianity Project. 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. Reine Hanna (25 December 2019). "For Iraq's Christians, this year might be their last". UnHerd. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. "Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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