Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 627, birnin ya kasance wurin da aka yi yaƙin Nineveh tsakanin Daular Roman ta Gabas da Sassaniyawa. A cikin 641, Larabawa suka ci shi, waɗanda suka gina masallaci a gabar yamma kuma suka mai da shi cibiyar gudanarwa. A karkashin daular Umayyad, ya rufe Nineba, wanda aka rage shi zuwa wani yanki na Kirista tare da iyakance sabon gini. A ƙarni na 13 a zamaninmu, birnin Nineba ya zama kango. An canza coci zuwa masallacin Musulmi ga annabi Jonah, wanda ya ci gaba da jan hankalin mahajjata har sai
ISIL ta hallaka shi a shekarar 2014.