Bahzani

Bahzani (Arabic: بحزاني‎, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܚܙܢܐ‎), literally from the Syriac words meaning "House of treasure," is an Assyrian town located in the Al-Hamdaniya District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Bahzani's residents are mostly Kurds (Yezidis), Assyrians, and Muslims.^[1] The town's residents all fled for Iraqi Kurdistan following the invasion of the town by ISIS on August 2014.

References

↑ أبرشية دير مار متى, Mar Mattai's Parish website (Arabic)

Nineveh plains region in northern Iraq

Main settlements

Al-Hamdaniya District	Bakhdida Bartella Karemlesh Bashiqa Bahzani

Tel Keppe District	Tel Keppe Alqosh Batnaya Tesqopa Baqofa Sharafiya

Shekhan District	Ain Sifni Dashqotan Qasrok Ba'adra

Ancient Mesopotamian sites

Religious sites

Coordinates: 36°27′17″N 43°20′15″E / 36.45472°N 43.33750°E / 36.45472; 43.33750

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