Ain Sifni

Ain Sifni
Shekhan
Ain Sifni is located in Iraq
Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni
Location in Iraq
Ain Sifni is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni
Ain Sifni (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 36°41′30″N 43°21′00″E / 36.69167°N 43.35000°E / 36.69167; 43.35000
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region (de facto)
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
DistrictShekhan District
Sub-districtAin Sifni
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Urban
17,766
 • Rural
6,355

Ain Sifni (Kurdish: ئێسفنێ, romanized: Êsivnê,[2][3] Arabic: عين سفني,[4] Syriac: ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢ̈ܐ, romanized: ʿAïn Sappāné)[5][nb 1] also known as Shekhan (Kurdish: شێخان, romanized: Şêxan),[nb 2][11] is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains.

In the town, there is a Chaldean Catholic church of Mar Yousif, and a church of Mar Gewargis of the Ancient Church of the East.[7][8][12] There are also seven Yazidi religious monuments, including mausoleums of Sheikh ‘Alî Chamse and Sheikh Hantuch,[13] and shrines of Sheikh Adi,[7] Nishingaha Peroz, and Sheikh Mushelleh.[14]

  1. ^ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. p. 72. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "سەرەکى". پارێزگەھا دھوك (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Pirbari, Dimitri; Grigoriev, Stanislav. Holy Lalish, 2008 (Ezidian temple Lalish in Iraqi Kurdistan). p. 20.
  4. ^ "'Ayn Sifnī". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ Chabot 1902, p. 110; Fiey 1975, p. 791.
  6. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "ʿAyn Sifni". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Shekhan (Ainsefni)". Ishtar TV. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Mar Yousif church – Eansefne". Ishtar TV. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ Smith, Jessie (23 February 1999). A Compendious Syriac Dictionary. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 247.
  10. ^ Soguel, Dominique (12 August 2014). "A sanctuary for Iraqi Yazidis – and a plea for Obama's intervention". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ^ "ŞÊXAN - Li kampa Kurdên Êzidî lehî rabû û avê da bin 30 çadiran". Rudaw Media Network (in Kurdish). 23 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Mar Gewragiz church – Ean Sefne". Ishtar TV. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference MH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Kreyenbroek (1995).


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