Edessa — ܐܘܪܗܝ
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Edessa; Urfa; ܐܘܪܗܝ; ܐܘܪܗܳܝ; ܐܘܪܦܰܗ̈; الرها; اورفه; Adme; Antiochia Kallirhoe; Urhay; الرُّهاء; أَذاسا; ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
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–
state: 0030–1924, Christians
state: 0451–1924, Syrian Orthodox
state: 0451–0641, Melkite
state: 0641–, Muslims
state: 1098–1144, Latin
state: 0050–0424, Jews
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://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/places/78
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
119; 155; 157; 165; 313 3.3.27; 3.3.28; 3.3.29; 3.3.33; 3.6.17
156 3.3.28