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  2. Sinjar - Wikipedia

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    Sinjar (Arabic: سنجار, romanized: Sinjār; [2] Kurdish: شنگال, romanized: Şingal, Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ, romanized: Shingar [3]) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains.

  3. Sinjar District - Wikipedia

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    Sinjar District was created in 1934 by Royal decree. [4] After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control. [5] [6]The al-Shamal district, originally formed in 1936, was abolished in 1987, and its area was added to Sinjar.

  4. Shinar - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew שנער Šinʿār is equivalent to the Egyptian Sngr and Hittite Šanḫar(a), all referring to southern Mesopotamia.Some Assyriologists considered Šinʿār a western variant or cognate of Šumer (), with their original being the Sumerians' own name for their country, ki-en-gi(-r), but this is "beset with philological difficulties". [1]

  5. Sinjar massacre - Wikipedia

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    Sinjar was predominantly inhabited by Yazidis before the arrival of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.. On 29 June 2014, the Islamic State declared a caliphate in the contiguous areas of Syria and Iraq it controlled, after it had made significant advances in northern Iraq during the Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014).

  6. Sinjar Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Sinjar Mountains [1] [2] (Kurdish: چیایێ شنگالێ, romanized: Çiyayê Şingalê, Arabic: جَبَل سِنْجَار, romanized: Jabal Sinjār, Syriac: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܫܝܓܪ, romanized: Ṭura d'Shingar), [3] are a 100-kilometre-long (62 mi) mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surrounding alluvial steppe plains in northwestern Iraq to an elevation of 1,463 ...

  7. Punjabi culture - Wikipedia

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    Punjabi culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers (the name Punjab, is derived from two Persian words, Panj meaning "Five" and Âb meaning "Water") which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE. [1]

  8. Dumalla - Wikipedia

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    The Dumalla is a type of turban worn by Sikhs.This turban is worn mainly by Sikhs who are initiated into the Khalsa, through participating in the Amrit Sanchar but can be worn by all Sikhs.

  9. List of Pakistani pop singers - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani singers and bands became popular during the early nineties, with pop, rock and Ghazal becoming more fashionable with the younger generations. This article contains a list of notable singers who are based in Pakistan.

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