| Hamrin Mountains | |
|---|---|
 View over Hamrin mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°01′57″N43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E /35.0325; 43.6463889 |
| Geography | |
  Hamrin Mountains | |
| Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Anticlinal fold |
TheHamrin Mountains (Arabic:جبل حمرين,romanized: Jabāl Hamrīn,Kurdish:چیای حەمرین,romanized: Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountainridge in northeastIraq. The westernmost ripple of theZagros Mountains,[1] the Hamrin mountains extend from theDiyala Governorate borderingIran, northwest to theTigris river, crossing northernSaladin Governorate and southernKirkuk Governorate.
Historically the Hamrin mountains were calledBarima,Bārimā andBirimma (Arabic:جبل بارِمّا,romanized: Jabāl Bārimā).[2]Ibn Khaldun, a 14th century historian called the Hamrin mountains range, the "Assyrian mountains". That is because these mountains are situated in the south of Kirkuk and Assyrians lived there, so, Ibn Khaldun said, "the range Hamrin mountains is a place whose people are Assyrian."[3][4]
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