General Information

Also Known As

Madour Shrine, مزار مدور, Madour grave

Type

Mezar

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Bilbil

Village or Nearby Villages

Qiri Golê

Madour (also known as Madour Shrine or مزار مدور) is a shrine of Qiri Golê in Bilbil. It is on a high peak.

Map and Location

Coordinates: 36.680782, 36.841799

Source: https://akmckeever.substack.com/

Current Status

The shrine's front wall was damaged early in the Turkish takeover of the area. The damage was reported on April 11, 2018, though the identification of the pictured site has not been fully confirmed.¹

Bibliography

McKeever, Alexander. "Afrin: Incidents Of Desecration And Destruction Of Cultural Sites." Bellingcat, July 11, 2019. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2019/07/11/afrin-incidents-of-desecration-and-destruction-of-cultural-sites/.

References

Alexander McKeever, "Afrin: Incidents Of Desecration And Destruction Of Cultural Sites," Bellingcat, July 11, 2019, https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2019/07/11/afrin-incidents-of-desecration-and-destruction-of-cultural-sites/. Direct quote: "On April 11, 2018 a Facebook page named the Kurdish Legal Authority published a photo claiming to show destruction inflicted on the Madour shrine located in the Bulbul subdistrict. The shine is mentioned in an article by local website Tirej Afrin as being located on a hill to the west of the town Qirigole." Direct quote: "As of yet, we have not been able to confirm that this is the correct location, or corroborate the damage to the front wall through satellite imagery, however the Facebook photo appears to be original as it does not appear in reverse image searches." ↩