Fieldwork on the Monastery of Za‘farān in Kurdistan, Iraq

Fieldwork on the Monastery of Za‘farān in Kurdistan, IraqBulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/6SDBBSHJ/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Muhammad AhmadYusfiFieldwork on the Monastery of Za‘farān in Kurdistan, Iraqhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/6SDBBSHJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/6SDBBSHJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/6SDBBSHJJulieBonnéricNarmin Ali MuhammadAminBarbaraCouturaudChristianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and ArchaeologyBeyrouthPresses de l’Ifpo2023143-160Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021This research deals with fieldwork at the archaeological site of the monastery called Dayr Zaʿfarān, that was inhabited by Christian monks. The monastery was founded by the monk Afnī Mārān or Abnī Marān, born at the end of the 6th century. He left the monastery of Bet ʿAbe to settle at the foot of Mount Bekher West. The monastery is near the city of Zakho and overlooks the wide Slevane Plain, in the Dahok Governorate of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This article presents new information about the site and synthesises previous works. Yusfi, Muhammad Ahmad. “Fieldwork on the Monastery of Za‘farān in Kurdistan, Iraq.” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, edited by Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, 143–60. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023. Muhammad Ahmad Yusfi, Fieldwork on the Monastery of Za‘farān in Kurdistan, Iraq, in Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, ed. Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021 (Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023), 143–60.