Sinjar was conquered in the 630s—640s by the Arab Muslims led by the commander and thereafter incorporated into the district of the province | On 14 August 2010, a by in the towns of Qahtaniya and al-Jazira, both in the , killed 326 Yazidis and injured 530 more |
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1369 mentioned that the inhabitants of the city were Kurds, whom he describes as "brave and generous" | Toward the end of the century, another Arab dynasty, the captured the city and erected a citadel there |
The successors of the Ilkhanids captured Sinjar after a seven-month siege according to oral traditions cited by d.
29It is also known as the | The ethnic composition of the city consisted of Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, and and the religious composition consisted of Yazidis, Sunni Muslims, and Christians |
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The ruler conquered the area in 1169 and 1171; in the latter year, a cadet branch of the Zengids was established in Sinjar under r | It remained part of the until it was sacked by the in 360 |
On 13 November 2015, a day after launching a major , Kurdish forces and Yazidi militias backed by US airstrikes, entered the city and fully regained its control from ISIL.
4Szlanko, Balint 17 October 2017 | The governor in office in 1816—1831 was unable to suppress the Yazidis and the Yazidi revolts of 1850—1864 were ended after the diplomatic efforts of the Ottoman statesman enabled the authorities to tax and impose customs in the area |
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In June 2020, the accused Turkey that during the , Turkey threatened Yazidis families who attempted to return to their homes in the town | In June 2020, the accused Turkey that during the , Turkey threatened Yazidis families who attempted to return to their homes in the town |
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