Markada

Markada
مَرْكَدَة
Town
Markada is located in Syria
Markada
Markada
Location of Markada in Syria
Coordinates: 35°45′32″N 40°46′09″E / 35.7589°N 40.7692°E / 35.7589; 40.7692
CountrySyria
Governorateal-Hasakah
Districtal-Hasakah
SubdistrictMarkada
ControlAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population
 (2004)[1]
2,530
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4454

Markada (Arabic: مَرْكَدَة, sometimes Markadah or Margada) is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It is the administrative center of the Nahiya Markada consisting of 13 municipalities. In the 2004 census, Markada had a population of 2,530.[1]

The town is divided by the Khabur River.

History

Markada succeeded the village of "Makîsîn" (also spelled "Makasîn", "Maykasan" or "Makîs").[2] During early Islamic rule (7th–10th centuries), Makisin was a town in the district of Diyar Rabi'a with a bridge that crossed the Khabur River.[3] Large quantities of cotton were grown around the site.[3] In the late 680s, numerous Christian Taghlib tribesmen were killed in an ambush at Makisin by the Sulaym tribe as part of the long-running Qays–Yaman feud.[4]

Obadiah the Proselyte visited Makisin in the 12th century and found there a Jewish community and synagogue, which then housed the Codex Sassoon.[5]

Civil War

Main article: Syrian Civil War

Markada saw fighting between the Syrian Government forces and the al-Nusra Front during 2013.[6][7] Having gained control of the town, the al-Nusra Front were driven out the following year by Islamic State in the Battle of Markada. By March 2014 thousands of residents had fled from Markada, many to al-Sur in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[8]

US-led Coalition airstrikes against ISIL targeted the town in September 2017, with many casualties, including Iraqi refugees, reported.[9] On 19 October, the SDF attacked the town, capturing part of it.[10][11] The town was fully captured by the SDF on 9 November 2017.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Markada" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Abdul Karim, Maamoun; Makdissi, Michel (2002). Al-Jazīrah al-Sūrīyah, al-turāth al-ḥaḍārī wa-al-ṣilāt al-mutabādalah: waqāʼiʻ al-muʼtamar al-duwalī, Dayr al-Zūr. The Ministry of Culture (Syria) and Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums. p. 302.
  3. ^ a b Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 97. OCLC 1044046.
  4. ^ Wellhausen, J. (1927). Weir, Margaret Graham (ed.). The Arab Kingdom and its Fall. University of Calcutta. p. 204. ISBN 9780415209045.
  5. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 15, 2023). "Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Heads to Auction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  6. ^ Heras, Nicholas A. (24 October 2013). "The Battle for Syria's Al-Hasakah Province". Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. United States Military Academy. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ^ Boeykens, Jan (26 June 2013). "Latest News Syria: Foreign backed terrorists killed". La Fondation. Werkgroep Morkhoven. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. ^ Aziz, Judi (8 March 2014). "Al-Nusra and Islamic Front advance in Hasaka countryside". ARA News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. ^ The massacre of Markadah town south of Hasaka kills at least 11 people half of them are Iraqi refugees, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 26 September 2017
  10. ^ "SDF has entered Markada and have captured parts of it".
  11. ^ @VivaRevolt (19 October 2017). "SDF has entered Markada and have..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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