Darbandokeh was founded in 1928 by Assyrians from the refugee camp at Baqubah in the aftermath of the Assyrian genocide in the First World War, most of whom belonged to the Nochiya clan from Shemsdin in the Hakkari mountains in Turkey.
Darbandokeh was founded in 1928 by Assyrians from the refugee camp at Baqubah following the Assyrian genocide during World War I, most of whom were members of the Nochiya clan from Shemsdin in the Hakkari mountains of Turkey.