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ADDED: Data from Syriac World maps CHANGED: Implemented May 2019 batch changes, see https://github.com/srophe/srophe-app-data/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A2019-May-Batch-Changes. The issues labeled were #742, #743, #746, #747, #749, #752, #754, #757, #759, #761, #763, #765, #766, #767, #768, #769, #770, #771, #772, #773, #774, #792, #793, #794, #797, #802, #803, #804, #806, #807, #815, #816, #817, #818, #819, #820, #821, #822, #823, #824, #825, #826, #827, #829, #831, #832, #833, #834, #836, #843, #847, #848, #849, #850, #851, #852, #853 Changed @xml:lang 'en-xsrp1' to 'en-x-srp1' ADDED: Add alternate names for search functionality. ADDED: Add alternate names for search functionality. ADDED: Add alternate names for search functionality. CHANGED tei:author element to tei:persName under tei:event element. ADDED: Yaqut citation and attestation ADDED: latitude and longitude from Pleiades ADDED: syriaca-computed-start and syriaca-computed-end attributes for searching CREATED: place 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 37.3983810491 40.7404671939 Attestation of name طور عَبْدِين in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. http://syriaca.org/place/221 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874477 https://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 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874477 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī IV:55 7, 14 833 88-104 266-289 770-782 718-730