Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Mar Zakkay — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܙܟܝ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/356
    
        
            
                
                    Mar Zakkay
                    ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܙܟܝ
                    ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܡܳܪܝ ܙܰܟܰܝ
                    دير مار زكّى
                    Zakka Monastery
                    monastery of Mar Zakkay
                    Tell Bi'a
                    دير زَكّى
                    A monastery near Kallinikos.
                    
                        ܒܩܰܠܘܢܝܩܝ ܒܓܶܒ ܢܗܰܪ ܒܰܐܠܚ. ܕܰܝܪܐ ܕܢܰܦܝ̣ܩ ܫܡܗ ܘܒܶܗ ܐܶܬܥܰܢܘܝ̣ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܕܬܶܠܐ ܫܢܰܬ  508  ܘܐܶܬܢܰܦܩ ܝܘܚܰܢܢ ܪܒܝܥܳܝܳܐ ܘܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ ܘܥܶܣܪܝܢ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦ̈ܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܰܫܢܰܬ  954  ܫܪܳܐ ܒܗ ܒܚܰܕ ܝܽܘܡ ܗܰܐܪܘܢ ܪܰܫܝܕ ܘܰܒܣܶܡ ܠܗ ܘܰܥܒܰܕ ܛܳܒ̈ܬܐ ܠܐܢܳܫ̈ܰܘܗܝ.
                    
                    
                        بالرقة وعلى جانبيه نهرالبليخ كان ديراً عظيماً ذائعاً صيته فيه ترهب يوحنا التلي سنة 508 وتخرد يوحنا الرابع وعشرون اسقفاً حتى سنة 954 نزل به يوماً هارون الرشيد فاستطابه وبرّ اهله.
                    
                    
                        in al-Raqqa, surrounded by the Balikh river. It was once a great and famous monastery; John of Talla became a monk there in 508. From this monastery graduated Patriarch John IV and twenty bishops, but it declined after 954. The Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid visited it one day, liked it and bestowed favors on its monks.
                    
                    
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                        Attestation of name دير زَكّى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܘܐܶܬܢܰܦܩ and ܘܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ should read 
                        ܘܶܐܬܢܰܦܩ and ܘܰܐܪܒܥܳܐ respectively.
                    http://syriaca.org/place/356
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668402
                    
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                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        39, 273, 447
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
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                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        510
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
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                        The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
                        
                        monastery of Mar Zakkay
                        Tell Bi'a
                    
                    
                        http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668402
                        
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
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