Barzaret

General Information

Also Known As

Barzaret shrine, Barzaret, Ziyareta Barzaret

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Cindires

Village or Nearby Villages

Miske Jerin, Miskê Jorin

The Barzaret shrine (Kurdish: ziyareta Barzaret) is one of the shrines of Miskê Jorin and Miske Jerin.

Physical & Landscape Features

Barzaret lies below the village, near a spring that comes out from beneath the rock and a Roman well. There are also graves in the area. Residents formerly drew drinking water from the Roman well before later cisterns and wells were used.1

Transcripts

Miskê Jorin and Miske Jerin (Ax û Welat - Episode 736):

  • 05:00 – Guest Mihemed describes the village spring and Roman well below the village near Barzaret.
  • 05:19 – Guest Mihemed mentions the presence of the shrine and graves in the area.
  • 18:51 – Narrator details the spring below the village where water comes out from under the rock, a Roman well nearby, and the shrine.

Videography

Miskê Jorin and Miske Jerin (Ax û Welat - Episode 736): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3p0QqkOiM

Bibliography

References

  1. Ax û Welat, Episode 736 (village Miskê Jorin and Miske Jerin), "Miskê Jorin and Miske Jerin," published 2017, YouTube video, at 05:00, 05:19, 05:29, and 18:51, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3p0QqkOiM. Direct quotes: "Kaniyek li gundî me hebû, barzaret (ziyaret) e li jêr, kîlek bîra... bîra Romayî hebû"; "Û zaret (ziyaret) heye li vira, tirbe hene"; "Giyo ji bîra Romayî vedixwar"; "Paşê sêrîn (sahrîc) derketin, her kesekî sêrînjek ji xwe kola, ji ava baranê. Paşê li vî derî bîrek hat kolan, digotin bîra mala Hesen, draktor (traktor) çêbûn, giya (wê gavê) av ji wir dibir, bi sîtêra"; "Kaniyek li jêrî gund, ku ji bin zinar av derdikeve, herwiha bîreke romanî li nêzî wê, û ziyaretek jî heye." English translation: "There was a spring in our village; Barzaret is below, beside the well... there was a Roman well"; "And there is a shrine here; there are graves"; "It used to drink from the Roman well"; "Later cisterns appeared; everyone dug a cistern for himself for rainwater. Later a well was dug in this place; they called it the House of Hesen's well. Tractors appeared, and then water was taken from there by tanker"; "There is a spring below the village, where water comes out from beneath the rock, as well as a Roman well near it, and there is also a shrine." ↩