Beban

Beban (Arabic: بيبان‎, Kurdish: Bêban ,بێبان‎)[1][2] is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. The village is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Alqosh in the Nineveh plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[3][4] Beban has exclusively Yazidi population.[4]

Beban Bêban بيبان
Village
Beban Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°41′55″N 43°9′7″E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Ninawa
District	Tel Kaif District

Etymology

The name Beban is derived from the Assyrian "Beth-Bane".[4]

References

1. "The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts". 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "نڤيسينگه‌ها لالش بێبان سميناره‌ك لدۆر هه‌ڤژينيا پێش وه‌خت گێرا" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
4. "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.