Mar Zakkay — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܙܟܝ
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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.
location: 35.978601 39.002571
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name دير زَكّى in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0508–0954
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܘܐܶܬܢܰܦܩ and ܘܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ should read ܘܶܐܬܢܰܦܩ and ܘܰܐܪܒܥܳܐ respectively.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/356
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668402
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=m&sK=monastery of Mar Zakkay&sT=keywords
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=T&sK=Tell Bi'a&sT=keywords
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 39, 273, 447
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 546
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 510
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 570
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 V:581