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Sinjar · Alexandria

Place

Sinjar

Also known as

Schingal
Shingal
Sincar
Sincar
Sindschar
Sindżar

Image illustrating Sinjar — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Sinjarsee Wikimedia Commons

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birthplace ofAhmad Sanjar1084 CE
birthplace ofGabriel of Sinjar0k CE
place of death ofʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Rizq Allāh Rasʻanī1193 CE
place of death ofİsmail Özden1952 CE
birthplace ofMuḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd S̲h̲ams al-dīn Abū ʿAbda al-Anṣārī1286 CE
containsYazidi genocide

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