Markada

Markada

مَرْكَدَة
Markada مَرْكَدَة
Town
	Markada Location of Markada in Syria
	Coordinates: 35°45′32″N 40°46′09″E / 35.7589°N 40.7692°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	Markada
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population (2004)	2,530
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C4454

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ Wellhausen, J. (1927). Weir, Margaret Graham (ed.). The Arab Kingdom and its Fall. University of Calcutta. p. 204. ISBN 9780415209045.
^ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 15, 2023). "Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Heads to Auction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ "SDF has entered Markada and have captured parts of it".
^ @VivaRevolt (October 19, 2017). "SDF has entered Markada and have..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[census2004-1] "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.

[leStrange97-3] 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 (October 19, 2017). "SDF has entered Markada and have..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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