Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Ṭur ʿAbdin — ܛܘܪܥܒܕܝܢ " in last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/221
    
        
            
                
                    Ṭur ʿAbdin
                    ܛܘܪܥܒܕܝܢ
                    ܛܘܪܥܰܒܕܝܢ
                    طورعبدين
                    Tur ʿAbdin
                    Tur Abdin
                    Ṭūr ʿAbdīn
                    طور عَبْدِين
                    Ṭur Abdin
                    Ṭur ‘Abdin
                    Tur Abdin
                    Tur ‘Abdin
                    Ṭūr Abdīn
                    Ṭūr ‘Abdīn
                    
                        Properly speaking, Ṭur ʿAbdin (‘Mountain of the servants’) does not include the whole province of Mardin in Turkey, but only the limestone plateau in the eastern part of it, between the river Tigris and Nisibis."
                    
                    
                        565. Ṭur ʿAbdin
                    
                    
                        ܛܘܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܡܶܬܚܰܝܕ ܒܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܐܝܙܠܳܐ. ܗܰܘ ܕܚܳܐܪ ܠܰܢܨܝܒܝܢ ܘܟܘܪܰܐ ܗܘ ܕܣܰܓ̈ܝܐܝܳܢ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܳܬܗ ܘܟܘܪ̈ܚܰܘܗܝ. ܘܐܶܡܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܺܝܢ̈ܬܗ ܐܰܬܪܐ ܕܡܶܕܝܰܕ ܕܚܳܕܪܝܢ ܠܗ ܝܰܬܝܪ ܡܶܢ ܚܰܡܫܝܢ ܩܘܪ̈ܝܳܐ ܕܰܬܪܝܢ ܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ ܡܫܝܚ̈ܝܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ ܘܰܕܫܰܪܟܐ ܛܰܝܳܝ̈ܐ ܘܝ̣ܺܙ݂ܝܼܕܳܝ̈ܐ. ܘܗܳܠܝܢ ܐܶܢܘܢ ܫܡܳܗ̈ܐ ܕܩܘܪ̈ܝܳܐ ܕܰܕܟܝܪܝܢ ܒܰܟܬܳܒܰܢ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܳܐ ܐܰܢܚܠ. ܦܳܦܝܰܬ. ܩܰܪܛܰܡܝܢ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܳܐ: ܒ̈ܬܶܐ. ܚܰܒܣܢܰܐܣ ܨܰܠܚ ܥܰܪܢܰܐܣ ܥܰܝܢܘܪܕ ܟܰܦܪܳܐ ܟܦܰܪܙܗ ܟܦܰܪܣܠܛܐ. ܟܦܰܪܫܳܡܥ ـ  ܟܰܢܕܝܪܝܒ. ܠܓܰܪܒܝܐ: ܒܶܝܬ ܩܶܣܝܳܢܳܐ. ܚܰܐܚ. ܚܰܣܢ ܟܺܐܦܳܐ. ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܰܨܠܝܒܐ. ܙܰܐܙ ܟܦܰܪܒܘܪܰܐܢ. ܠܬܰܝܡܢܐ: ܐܰܪܒܳܐ ܒܶܝܬܕܶܒ̈ܐ ܒܶܝܬ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܳܐ ܒܶܝܬ ܡܰܢܥܡ ܬܰܡܰܪܙ ܚܒܳܒ. ܣܰܐܪܗ ܐܘ ܐܶܣܬܝܪ ܥܰܪܒܰܐܢ ܡܝܕܘܢ ܘܩܘܪ̈ܝܳܐ ܕܚܰܪ̈ܝܒܳܢ ܘܰܕܠܐ ܝܕܝ̈ܥܳܢ ܕܘܟܝ̈ܬܗܶܝܢ ܚܰܠܚ. ܙܰܒܕܝܩܐ. ܟܦܪܝܰܗܒ. ܒܠܫܬ.
                    
                    
                        جبل متصل بجبل الازل المشرف على نصيبين، وكورة كثيرة الاديار والصوامع قصبتها بلدة مذيات، مكتظة بنيف وخمسين قرية وضيعة ثلثا اهلها مسيحيون سريانيون والبقية مسلمون ويزيدية، وهذه اسماء القرى المذكورة في كتابنا: شرقا، انحل ففياث قرتمين، وغربا باتي حبسناس صلح عرناس عينورد كفرة كفرزي كفرسلطا كفر شامع كنديريب. وشمالا: آلين باقسيات حاج حصن كيفا دير صليب زاز كربوران، وجنوبا: اربو بادبة باسبرينة بانمعم تمرس حباب ساري او ستير عربان مدو. والقرى الخربة المجهولة الموقع، حالح زبديقا كفرياب كلشت.
                    
                    
                        a mountain connected with the mountain of Izla, which overlooks Nisibin. The territory of the same name harbors a great number of monasteries and cells, as well as some fifty villages large and small. Two-thirds of the inhabitants of these villages are Syrian Christians; the rest are Muslims and Yezidis. The capital of Tur ʿAbdin is Midyat.  Following are the names of the villages mentioned in our book: to the east of Tur ʿAbdin are situated Anḥil, Fifyath and Qarṭmin; to the west are Bāti, Habsnas, Salaḥ, ʿUrnus, ʿAynward, Kafra, Kafarze, Kafrsalta, Kafrshami and Kandarib; to the north are Ālīn, Baqsyan, Ḥaḥ, Ḥiṣn Kifa, Dayr Ṣalib, Zāz and Karburan; to the south are Arbo, Badebe, Basibrina, Banimʿim, Tamars, Ḥbob, Sari Awastir, ʿArban and Meddo.  The ruined villages and those whose location is unknown, are Ḥāliḥ, Zabdīqā, Kafryab and Kalasht.
                    
                    
                        37.5 41.5
                    
                    
                        Attestation of name طور عَبْدِين in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
                    http://syriaca.org/place/221
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874477
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tur_Abdin
                    http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tur_Abdin
                    
                                            http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=T&sK=Tur Abdin&sT=keywords
                                        
                    
                        A. N. Palmer 
                        565. Ṭur ʿAbdin
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        418-420
                    
                    
                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
                        4, 30, 38, 48, 62, 63, 68, 69, 114, 140, 167–168, 178, 183, 187, 210, 215, 220, 226, 244, 245, 247, 262, 264, 267, 272, 279–280, 290, 291, 294 (with fig. 81), 308, 310, 313, 333, 357, 375, 381–382, 414, 418–420 (with fig. 121), 421, 438, 465 (fig. 120c), 466 (fig. 122c), 467 (fig. 123c)
                        Map II B1
                    
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        557-558, 559
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        517
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        559
                    
                    
                        The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
                        
                        Tur Abdin
                    
                    
                        David Wilmshurst
                        The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913
                        38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 109
                        
                    
                    
                        http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874477
                        
                    
                    
                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
                        
                        IV:55