Singara

Sinjar (also Schiggar; Egyptian Senger ) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia (now Sinjar in northern Iraq), south of Nisibis.

The site, located at the foot of Mount Sinjar, had a great strategic importance. In Roman times Sinjar was heavily fortified and was Legion location ( such as for the Legio I Parthica ). In late antiquity, the city was then repeated the target of attacks by the Sassanids. 344 a great battle took place here, in which the Roman Emperor Constantius II had almost won, when still cost him his undisciplined behavior of his troops to victory. In the Peace of 363, the city was awarded the Sassanian Shapur II. In Sinjar, it must also have been a larger Christian community, from the Gabriel of Schiggar came, among others, the physician was King Chosraus II in the 7th century.

From Roman times, some remains are still present today. The place is probably to be equated with the Shinar of the Bible; at least the name is derived from it.