Erbil
Erbil (also written Arbil or Irbil) is the capital of Kurdistan Region. In Kurdish, the city is called Hewlêr. 1,190,251 people live there, mostly Kurds. The city is 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Mosul.[1]
Erbil Media
Siege of Erbil by the Ilkhanid Mongols in 1258–59 depicted in the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Division Orientale
Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920)
A postcard showing the city of Erbil in 1900
The main square in Erbil, Kurdistan, just south of the Citadel's South Gate and between the two main bazaar areas.
The patriarchate of the Assyrian Church of the East in Erbil
Katjmirakhi Parki Shar, Haholer
قلعة اربيل
Erbil Civilization Museum contains artifacts from the Assyrian, Urartian, Hurrian, and Hatra periods.
References
- ↑ The Kurdistan Region in Brief. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
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