Barwari is a region in the Hakkari mountains in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The region is inhabited by Assyrians and Kurds, and was formerly also home to a number of Jews prior to their emi
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Tyari is an Assyrian tribe and a historical district within Hakkari, Turkey. The area was traditionally divided into Upper Tyari and Lower Tyari –each consisting of several Assyrian villages. Both Upp
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…border. The sub-region of Barwari Bala is separated from the Sapna valley to the south by the Matina mountains, and from the historical region of Lower Tyari in Hakkâri Province in Turkey by the Širani mountains to the north. Its eastern border is defined by the Great Zab, beyond which lies Nerwa Rekan, and…
An Assyrian house in the Tyari, from The Assyrians and their Rituals (1852), vol. I, p. 216
"The view down stream from the mouth of the Ori valley, a little above Tal. The distant snow peak is Ghara Dagh on the southern side of Tkhuma."
Assyrian church of St. George in Lizan, Lower Tyare.
Assyrian fighter in the 1890s from the Tyari tribe.