Badarash
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Assyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
village in the Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i providence of Dohuk.
The village of Badarash is located at a distance of 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Sarsink.
Its name is of Kurd
Kürd
Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...
ish origin which means “The Black Air”. This is because of the heavy cold winds and snow that come during the winter.
Most of the village’s houses are built from stone and mud and few from stone
and cement and concrete ceilings. This village was never evacuated. Some residents
have left their village for Duhok
Dahuk, Iraq
Dohuk is the capital of Dahuk Governorate in Iraq. It has about 250.000 inhabitants, mostly consisting of Kurds, with an Assyrian minority...
and Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, but majority stayed in Badarash.
Many houses and fields were burned and destroyed, but owners, nevertheless rebuilt
them.
1900 - 2000
The village was built in 1922 after the 1915 AssyriaAssyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n exodus from Hakkari
Hakkari
Hakkâri , is a city and the capital of the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The name Hakkâri is derived from the Syriac word, Akkare, meaning farmers...
,
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
to the effect of Turkish Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
and Kurd
Kürd
Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...
ish attack on Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
ns and Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
during World War I.
Many of Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n families settled in the region after their long and suffering
retreat from Turkey following the Assyrian Genocide
Assyrian genocide
The Assyrian Genocide refers to the mass slaughter of the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac population of the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s, the First World War, and the period of 1922-1925...
. During this tragedy which lasted nearly three years, thousands of
Assyrians died at the hands of their attackers or from hunger, cold and disease such
as plague. Around 25 Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n families settled in Badarash in 1922.
Before Kurd
Kürd
Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...
ish rebellion in 1961 there were 55 families living in the village.
But due to the outbreak of civil war in 1961, the village was burned as well as the
apple groves, which were the main source of income to the inhabitants of the village.
Farming and growing up domesticated animals formed a second source of income. As
destruction and war pushed younger residents to immigrate to cities, inhabitancy
shrank to 35 families. The village however was relatively big comparing to other
Christian villages. After stability and security improved life became more visible in
Badarash. The farmers began cultivating their farms and fields and replanting apple
trees that were burned to ashes and various crops.
The church of the village which is called Mar Gewarges (St. George) was built
in 1925 in the centre of the village. Another church was built in 1975. Residents
of Badarash are mixed of two churches: Chaldean Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church
The Chaldean Catholic Church , is an Eastern Syriac particular church of the Catholic Church, maintaining full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church...
and Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...
, but nevertheless all are Assyrian
Assyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
.
Badarash families live on agriculture to get their income.
They have both sorts of planting lands, the lands that depend on rain and lands that
are irrigated. They plant fruit trees, vegetables, wheat, and other basic plants.
However, the water is not enough to plant the lands, and a great percentage of the
water is wasted due to the miserable condition of the irrigation canal.
Badarash community had many families who are scattered in Iraq and in Exile due to
the political situation.