Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran (Arabic: تل شميرام أو تل شميران), also known as Marbisho[2][3] (ماربيشو), is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer.
Tell Shamiram
تل شميرام Marbisho | |
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Village | |
  Tell Shamiram Location of Tell Shamiram in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°38′21″N 40°21′26″E / 36.63917°N 40.35722°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | Tell Tamer |
| Population (2004)[1] | 811 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C4430 |
The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, and Arabs.[4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811.[1]
Geography edit
It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey.[5][6]
History edit
The village was settled by Assyrian refugees in 1933 who moved following the Simele massacre to French controlled Syria to settle in a 25 kilometres (16 mi) stretch of the Khabur River in 35 settlements.
In February 2015 the village was taken by the Islamic State militia during the Eastern al-Hasakah offensive,[7] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents.[8] Several thousand residents fled the city, mostly to the city of al-Hasakah, with some eventually reaching Lebanon. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the village has been emptied of people by 1 March 2015.[9]
See also edit
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References edit
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Tamer" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 41, 42.
- ^ Dodge, Bayard (1 July 1940). "The settlement of the Assyrians on the Khabbur". Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. 27 (3): 314. doi:10.1080/03068374008730969. ISSN 0035-8789.
- ^ Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998). "Dawn at Tell Tamer: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 34–47.
- ^ ISIS capture town of and Tal Hermiz the Villages of Tal Nasri, Tal Shamiran, Yalda, Qasr Toma, Tal Harmoz Aghabish following YPG withdrawal .
- ^ ACN Press Release: Syria Extremists IS – seize Christian towns.
- ^ Christians flee jihadists after Syria kidnappings 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ Syrian sources say ISIS executed 15 Christians – with more killing to come Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, February 26, 2015.
- ^ Johnlee Varghese March 1, 2015 Over 200 Abducted Assyrian Christians Being Tried by Isis Kangaroo Court.
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