Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Bestāvā" in last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/998 Bestāvā http://syriaca.org/place/998 David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 133, 135 Shemkān district ʿAmādīyā region