Bardarash ( ar, بردرش, ku, بەردەڕەش, Berdereş) or ʿAshā'ir al-Sabaʿ ( ar, عشائر السبع) is a town and subdistrict in

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. It is regarded as part of

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in the Nineveh Governorate by the Iraqi government, however, it is ''

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'' controlled by the

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, as part of the Bardarash district of the

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. Bardarash is mostly inhabited by

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Etymology

The Kurdish name of the town is derived from "ber" ("stone" in Kurdish) and "reş" ("black" in Kurdish), and thus translates to "black stone", whereas the Arabic name ʿAshā'ir al-Sabaʿ translates to "seven clans" in reference to the seven

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that reside at Bardarash: the Zangana, Darbazi, Bot, Razgary, Gezh, Chopani, and the Řožbayānī.

History

In the aftermath of the

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, Ismāʿīl Agha and Ḥājjī Agha were noted as the tribal leaders of the ʿAshā'ir al-Sabaʿ by British intelligence at the onset of the British administration of Iraq. Ismāʿīl Agha was the head of the Bizaini section of ʿAshā'ir al-Sabaʿ and was known to be pro-British. He suffered considerably due to the proximity of the

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refugee camp at Mindan in 1920 and his rivalry with Ḥājjī ʿAbdallāh ibn Raḥmān of Jujjar in the

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district was observed in a British intelligence report in 1923. In 1997, 79 villages were recorded as part of the Bardarash subdistrict with a total population of 47,564 people. A camp was established at Bardarash for Iraqis displaced by the

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and was later semi-decommissioned in December 2017. The camp was reopened for refugees in October 2019, and over 7000

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from northern Syria who had fled the

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arrived within a week. The camp's population grew to an estimated 11,000 refugees by November, of whom roughly 75% were women and children, and reached 14,031 refugees by July 2020. By June 2021, 13,986 refugees had left after having obtained residency permits in the

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whilst 1488 had returned to Syria, leaving 3541 at the camp.

Gallery

File:Bardarash traditional.jpg, Man from Bardarash in traditional attire File:Bardarash mosque.jpg, Mosque at Bardarash

References

Bibliography

* * * * {{Commons category Populated places in Dohuk Province Kurdish settlements in Iraq Populated places in Nineveh Governorate Subdistricts of Iraq