Tel Keppe
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Tel Keppe ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ |
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 Tel Keppe
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| Coordinates: 36°29′22″N 43°7′9″E / 36.48944°N 43.11917°ECoordinates: 36°29′22″N 43°7′9″E / 36.48944°N 43.11917°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Ninawa |
| District | Tel Keppe District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Basim Ballu |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 40,000 |
| Prior to ISIS, August 2014 | |
| Demonym(s) | Tel-Kepniyah (m) / Tel-Kepnetha (f) |
Tel Keppe (also spelled Tel Kaif) (Syriac: ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ Tal Kepe, Arabic: تل كيف Tall Kayf), is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. Its name means "Hill of Stones" in Syriac. It is located in the Ninawa Governorate, less than 8 miles north east of Mosul. The town is a historic farming town consisting of a densely populated core, surrounded by farm land outside of the city. All of its Assyrian residents fled for Iraqi Kurdistan and other parts of Iraq such as Baghdad in August 2014 after the invasion of the town by ISIS. The town was recaptured in January 2017.
In 1508, Tel Keppe was sacked by Mongols.
In 1743, Tel Keppe was looted and burned by the armies of the Persian leader Nader Shah. This event took place within the context of the Siege of Mosul, in which the Persian army suffered heavy casualties and resorted to looting the surrounding towns to have some semblance of victory.
In 1833, the town was once again sacked, this time by the Kurdish Governor of Rawandiz. He also sacked the nearby town of Alqosh.
On 6 August 2014, the town was taken over by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), along with nearby Assyrian towns Bakhdida, Bartella and Karamlish. Upon entering the town, ISIS looted the homes, and removed the crosses and other religious objects from the churches. The Christian cemetery in the town was also later destroyed.
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