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Timeline of Zakho

The following is a of the history of the city of Zakho, Iraq.

Prior to 20th century

  • 641 – Zakho Great Mosque built after Islamic army had occupied Zakho
  • 1041 – Hasseniya Khabur was destroyed by Turkman forces called Ghuzz Forces
  • 1507 – Safavid captured Zakho
  • 1515 – The Ottoman Empire captured Zakho .
  • 1544 – Zakho became Sanjak
  • 1844 – English traveler William Francis Ainsworth visits Zakho
  • 1864 – Zakho was becoming District followed Mosul Eyalet
  • 1892 – In Zakho a pogrom started and 7 Jews were murdered

20th century

  • 1918
  • November 30: Ottoman forces withdraw from Zakho and the British assume control over the city.
  • 1919 – The British Governor of Zakho, Captain Persson assassinated By Hasso Dino .
  • 1922 – The first elementary school was opening.
  • 1923
  • The King of Iraq Faisal visited Zakho city.
  • The first Iron bridge built
  • Sindhi tribe agha (chief) ambushed and killed six policemen, near Sharanish in April 1925.
  • 1934 – Al Saadun Bridge opened
  • 1946 – Khabur hotel became first hotel was opening in Zakho
  • 1970 – The first Television brought to the city
  • 1987
  • Qumri Ismael Haji was executed
  • Zakho FC (football club) formed.
  • 1991
  • March 13: People in the Zakho attacked the Iraqi military bases and stormed government buildings and took control of the town and inflicted heavy damage on government forces
  • April 1: The Iraqi forces had recapture the city
  • April 21: The Coalition forces had dismissed The Iraqi forces from Zakho The Peshmerga entered Zakho.
  • 1995 – A car bomb exploded in Zakho on February 27

21st century

  • 2011 – Many stores selling alcohol and massage parlours crashed by many angry Kurds
  • 2013 – The University of Zakho opened
  • 2015 – The Zakho International Stadium opened on June 3
  • 2018 – Zakho tunnel opened on September 25
  • 2021 -The City becoming independent administration belong Duhok Governorate
  • 2024 – Museum of Zakho founded

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