Edessa — ܐܘܪܗܝ
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Edessa; Urfa; ܐܘܪܗܝ; ܐܘܪܗܳܝ; ܐܘܪܦܰܗ̈; الرها; اورفه; Adme; Antiochia Kallirhoe; Urhay; الرُّهاء; أَذاسا
A city of Mesopotamia, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Osrhoene, modern Urfa.
183. Edessa
ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܗܳܝ ܛܒܝܒܬܳܐ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܳܐ ܕܚܳܠܳܒ ܚܰܡܫܳܐ ܝܰܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܘܡܶܫܬܰܡܗܐ ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܐܘܪܦܰܗ̈
مدينة مشهورة خمسة ايام عن حلب شرقا وتسمى اليوم اورفه.
a famous city, five day journey eastward from Aleppo, now called Urfa.
location: 37.15 38.8
location: five day journey, eastward from, Aleppo
location: Osrhoene, Roman Empire
event: -0304
Renamed Edessa by Seleucus I Nicator.
event: 0201
Flood of the river Daiṣan destroyed part of city.
event: 0213
Full incorporation into the Roman Empire.
event: 0489
Closure of the "School of the Persians."
event: 0641
Edessa conquered by the Arabs.
event: 1098
Edessa conquered by the Crusaders.
event: 1144
Edessa conquered by Zengi of Mosul.
event: 1517
Edessa incorporated into the Ottoman Empire.
event: 1913/1919
Massacres of some of Armenian and Syriac Christians during World War I.
event: 1924
Emigration of remaining Armenian and Syrian Christians to Aleppo.
event: 1146/1234
Attestation of name ܐܘܪܗܝ in the anonymous Chronicle of 1234.
event: 1146
Attestation of Syrian Orthodox church in Edessa in the anonymous Chronicle of 1234.
event: 0201
Attestation of Christian church in Edessa according to the Chronicle of Edessa.
event: 0540–
Attestation of Chalcedonian author in Edessa according to the Chronicle of Edessa.
event: 0522
Attestation of Chalcedonian bishop in Edessa according to the Chronicle of Edessa.
event: 0520
Attestation of anti-Chalcedonian bishop in Edessa according to the Chronicle of Edessa.
event: 1624
Attestation of Syrian Orthodox metropolitan for Edessa according to Barsoum's Scattered Pearls.
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of names الرُّهاء and أَذاسا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: -0304–
Christians: 0030–1924
Syrian Orthodox: 0451–1924
Melkite: 0451–0641
Muslims: 0641–
Latin: 1098–1144
Jews: 0050–0424
GEDSH article identifies its river as the Balikh, but the identification is contested.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/78
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658457
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edessa
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şanlıurfa
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=E&sK=Edessa&sT=keywords
A. Harrak 183. Edessa The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 138-139
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 1, 4, 5–6 (with fig. 1), 9–10, 13, 15–16, 18, 26, 29, 31, 33–34, 36, 37–38, 41, 46, 54, 56, 60, 64, 69, 71, 74, 84, 86, 90, 97–98, 99, 102, 107–108, 126, 127, 128, 132–133, 138–139 (with fig. 47), 145, 153, 155, 162, 163, 164, 178, 191–192, 195–196, 197, 199, 201–202, 209, 213, 220, 229, 237, 249, 252, 260–261, 262, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271–272, 273, 284, 287, 288, 303–304, 314, 316, 317, 322, 327–328, 332, 335, 343, 346, 348, 350, 351, 352, 356, 361, 363, 367, 376, 377, 384, 390, 392, 398, 401, 403, 407, 410–411, 419, 431, 432, 433, 438–439, 444, 446, 448 Map I B1, II B1, III
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 556
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 516
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 553
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Edessa
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 53, 65, 361, 362
Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 2:912
Anonymi auctoris chronicon ad annum Christi 1234 pertinens 2:136
Chronica minora Ignatius Guidi 1:2, 11, 13
Jews and Christians at Edessa Han J. W. Drijvers 90, 102
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:155; III:120