No homes remain, though the old synagogue and spring are maintained. Adjacently, in a lush village, is the old Jewish quarter. Adjacent to these ruins are rock-carved palatial ruins that comprise the lower portion of Qalay Shush (Shush Castle). To the east of this, a little higher up the mountain slope, are the ruins of the old village. Shush was attacked in 1961 by pro-government militia, and is absent in the 1961 Dominican map, indicating it was never resettled.Ĭurrently, the village consists of a modern settlement sloping down to an orchard, at the very base of the mountains. Shush’s citadel was used by the Assyrians for protection during the Ottoman massacres in 1914. Fiey mentions that around 1861, the valley was owned by the family of Ahmed Msihaya (Ahmed the Christian). ![]() In 1850, there were three to five Christian families, and Rabban Babai built a school here. Jews fled between 19 during their exodus from Iraq. Shush had a Jewish quarter, and in 1850 it was home to more than 200 Aramaic-speaking Jewish families (early Assyrian converts to Judaism, or descendants from Assyria’s forced relocation programs). It is thought to be continuously inhabited from 720 CE onward. Local lore is that Shush has a greater and higher castle than Akre's, but has a smaller area. Shush legend states that Shush (aka Shushan, Ba Shosh, Showsh, or Showesh) was founded when the king of Akre relocated here, building a replica Kale, and indeed the similarities between the two sites suggests joined historical roots. This faraway village outside Akre is famed for its pomegranates and its ruins. ![]() Published: 2020 October 08 Modified: 2021 December 07, 17:23:19 More details
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