Mar Nuḥ
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Mar Nuḥ; Mār Nūḥ; Monastery of the Ark; دير ابون
A monastery east of Dairek on Mount Qardu, near the traditional site for the landing of Noah's Ark.
location: on the slopes of Jabal Jūdi, a few miles east of the village of Dairek
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name دير ابون in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/2475
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 110, 111
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī II:564