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Introduction to the Kirkuk Citadel

Kirkuk Citadel: ruins

Kirkuk Citadel ruins

Kirkuk Citadel

is believed to date originally to King Ashurnasirpal II's reign between 884 and 858 BC.
Kirkuk had a long history of being a multi-ethic city; in the recent era Kurds, Turkmens, and Arabs co-existed within the citadel. The site includes reglious buildings like Islamic Mosques, Christian Churches, and Jewish Temples, monuments, and houses for the area's residents. In 1998, Saddam Hussein's regime forced people to move out of the citadel and destroyed many of the structures. The intentions of this campaign have been linked by many to policies created to disenfranchise peoples of non-Arab ethnic background.
Kirkuk Citadel in Iraq: What was its past, Where is its future?

Kirkūk Citadel in Iraq
What was its past
Where is its future?

In this presentation, Lahib Jaddo traces the history of the Kirkūk Citadel, giving context for its condition in 2005, and explores potential futures for site. She asks how Architecture can serve as activism in healing and bringing peace, and what commonalities can be found in cultural heritage.
Kirkuk Citadel May 2005

Kirkūk Citadel May 2005

In this slidedeck, Lahib Jaddo document the Kirkūk Citadel as it stood in 2005 showing sites including the Yedi Kizlar gate, Top Kapi gate, Remodeled houses at Top Kapi, Abbasid Souk, Gok Kumbet (Bughda Khanum), Nabi Daniel Complex and Minaret, Large Mosque complex, Tuma House, Urian Mosque, Hasan Pakiz Mosque, Complex at Hal-wa-chi-lar gate, Dayee Jamal House, and Church complex.
Introduction