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; 40.35722
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	Tell Tamer
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	811
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Geocode	C4430

Tell Shamiram or Tell Shamiran (Arabic: تل شميرام أو تل شميران), also known as Marbisho^[2][3] (ماربيشو), 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.^[4] At the 2004 census, it had a population of 811.^[1]

Geography

It is located on the Khabour River near the confluence with the Zirgan River, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the border with Turkey.^[5][6]

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 Eastern al-Hasakah offensive,^[7] resulting in the abduction of about 90, mainly elderly, residents.^[8] 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.^[9]

See also

• Assyrians in Syria
• List of Assyrian settlements

References

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