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Dayr al-Zaʿfarān - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܥܦܪܐܢ

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"A Syr. Orth. monastery dedicated to Mar Ḥnonyo (Arab. Ḥanānyā) located outside Mardin, and the seat of the patriarchate from 1293 until after World War I."1

Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܙܥܦܪܐܢ
  • Dayr al-Zaʿfarān2
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܙܰܥܦܰܪܐܢ3
  • دير الزعفران4, 8
  • عمر الزعفران8
  • Dayro d-Mor Ḥnonyo2
  • Dayr al-Zafarān
  • Dayr al-Zaʿfaran9, 10
  • Dayr al-Za‘farān
  • Dayr Mār Ḥanānyā2
  • monastery Deir Zafaran6
  • Zafaran Monastery
  • Zafarān (West Syrian)
  • Zaʿfaran Monastery5
  • Zaʿfarān (West Syrian)7
  • Za‘faran Monastery
  • Za‘farān (West Syrian)

Place Type

monastery

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.2994048000° Long. 40.7925797000°9

Attestation

Attestation of names دير الزعفران and عمر الزعفران in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. دير الزعفران4, 8 عمر الزعفران8 8

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description "ܘܐܰܦܩ" and "ܡܟܰܬܒܰܙܰܒܢܗ" should read "ܘܰܐܦܩ" and "ܡܰܟܬܰܒܙܰܒܢܗ" respectively.Matti Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description is incomplete, and it says "north" when it should be "east."
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Works Cited

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  • 1 G. A. Kiraz, Al-Zaʿfarān, Dayr, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 449. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 4, 5, 9, 38, 46, 48, 60, 62, 64, 77, 100, 103, 117, 129–130 (with fig. 43), 141, 165, 178, 183, 224, 226, 244, 245, 265, 267, 270, 308, 343, 346, 375, 381, 393, 438, 446, 449, 468 (fig. 129c), 469 (fig. 130c), 470 (fig. 131c)map: Map III. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 545-546. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 510. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 570. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: monastery Deir Zafaran