Tell Shamiram

Tell Shamiram تل شميرام Marbisho
Village
Tell Shamiram Location of Tell Shamiram in Syria
Coordinates: 36°38′21″N 40°21′26″E / 36.63917°N 40.35722°E / 36.63917; 40.35722Coordinates: 36°38′21″N 40°21′26″E / 36.63917°N 40.35722°E / 36.63917; 40.35722
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	Tell Tamer
Population (2004)[1]	811
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Geocode	C4430

Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran (Arabic: تل شميرام أو تل شميران‎‎), also known as Marbisho (ماربيشو),^[2] is a village near Tell Tamer in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. Administratively it belongs to the Nahiya Tell Tamer.

The village is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, and Arabs.^[3] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811.^[1]

Geography

It is located on the Harbur River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey.^[4][5]

History

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 Al-Hasakah offensive (February–March 2015),^[6] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents.^[7] 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.^[8]

See also

• Assyrians in Syria
• List of Assyrian settlements

References

Al-Hasakah Governorate
Capital: Al-Hasakah
	Al-Hasakah District Al-Hasakah Abu Hajirat Khuatana Abu Tinah al-Alwa al-Arishah Bir al-Helou Bureij Sharqi Dashishah Gharbiyah al-Fadghami al-Fakkah Markada Ghabshah al-Ghariri al-Haddadiyah al-Hajiyah al-Hawl Al-Kharitah Khatuniyah Markada Markada Sharqiyah Qaber Shamiyah al-Sabaa wa Arbain al-Saadah Safia al-Shaddadeh al-Shaykh Hamad Sumayhan Gharbi Tell Arboush Tell Balouaah Tell Baz Tell Brak Tell Bureij Tell Damshij Tell Fuweidat Jazira Tell Goran Tell Hefyan Tell Hermez Tell Jazira Tell Jedaya Tell Jemaah Tell Kifji Tell Maghas Tell Majdal Tell Makhadah Tell Massas Tell Nasri Tell Ruman Tell Safouk Tell Sakra Tell Shamah Tell Shamiram Tell Tal Tell Talaah Tell Tamer Tell Tawil Tell Tawil Gharbi al-Tweinah Umm Ghargan Umm al-Keif Umm Madfaa
	Al-Qamishli District Al-Qamishli Amuda Jimaayah al-Manathirah al-Qahtaniyah al-Tannuriyah Tell Hamis Tell Maaruf Umm al-Fursan
	Al-Malikiyah District Al-Malikiyah al-Jawadiyah al-Muabbada Maashuq Sabaa Jafar Suwaydiyah Fawqani al-Tabaqah Tell Adas Tell Arab al-Yaarubiyah
	Ras al-Ayn District Ras al-Ayn Abu Rasin al-Darbasiyah al-Lid Dirbasiyah Mabrouka al-Manajir Tell Halaf Tell Sinan Sharqi Umm al-Dibs Dirbasiyah