The name Bakhdida (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܟܘܕܝܕܐ; Beth Khdeda), is of uncertain origin and when translated from the Syriac language it has two components Beth which means "house", and Khodida which could either mean "Youths" in Aramaic or actually "Baghdadak" a diminutive form of Baghdad, Old Persian meaning "God's gift".

2023年10月3日 · Also known as Bakhdida, it is the main centre of al-Hamdaniya district and is about 15km (9 miles) south-east of the city of Mosul.

On 26 September 2023, at around 22:45 AST, a fire broke out at the Al Haytham Wedding Hall during an Assyrian wedding in Qaraqosh, Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. [2] The fireworks accident was triggered by the ignition of the ceiling by pyrotechnic flares.Out of the estimated 1,000 people present, approximately 107 were killed, and 82 were injured.

2023年9月26日 · Soldiers and emergency workers early Wednesday outside a hospital in Bakhdida, Iraq, where some victims of the wedding hall fire were taken. Credit...

2023年9月28日 · Masses of mourners flooded the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province Wednesday to bid farewell to the victims of the fire that ravaged an Assyrian wedding in Bakhdida, Iraq.

2023年9月28日 · Tragedy struck the Assyrian Christian town of Hamdaniya in Nineveh province, also known as Qaraqosh or Bakhdida, on Tuesday night during a joyous wedding with scenes of celebration and laughter...

2023年9月27日 · The deadly blaze that swept through a wedding hall and killed over 100 people in Christian-majority Hamdaniya (also known as Qaraqosh or Bakhdida) in Nineveh province is a “complete and total ...

2024年1月1日 · A fire ravaged their wedding hall in Qaraqosh, also known as Bakhdida or al-Hamdaniya, a town in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, leaving at least 120 dead and over 350 injured, say sources. The wedding venue, Al-Haitham Hall, was unlicensed.

2023年9月27日 · Tragedy struck the town of Bakhdida during a wedding celebration on Tuesday evening. At least 120 have been declared dead and more than 500 people injured due to severe burns and or difficulty breathing in a fire in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains Province.

2023年11月1日 · In the heart of the Nineveh Plain province, the close-knit town of Bakhdida (also known as Qaraqosh) grapples with a devastating tragedy that left them searching for answers and healing. The horrific fire that engulfed the Al-Haitham wedding hall during the bride and groom’s slow dance on September 26, 2023, sent shockwaves through the town ...