Ancient Medieval Modern The Shekhan District (Arabic: قضاء شيخان, Kurdish: قەزای شێخان, romanized: Qeza Şêxan) is a district in the Nineveh Governorate with its capital at Ain Sifni.

Baadre, considered the political capital of the Yazidis, is also in this district.

[1] After the 1935 Yazidi revolt, the district was placed under military control.

[3][4] It is mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian Christian minority.

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