District of Tur-Abdin

District of Tur-Abdin

Tur 'Abdin: a mountain (high plateau) connected with the mountain of Izla, which overlooks Nisibin. The territory of the same name harbors a great number of monasteries and cells, as well as many town and villages large and small. Two-thirds of the inhabitants of these villages are Syriac Christians; the rest are Muslims and Yezidis. The capital of Tur 'Abdin is Midyat. A significant number of these villages listed below came from the book "Scatered Pearls" and from the Patriarchal register of dues where the monk Abdullah Sattuf (later Patriarch Abdullah II) in 1870 visted many towns and villages and registered their households and their dues

• Alin 

• Anhil: A village presently called Yemişli and is located south of Midyāt in the province of Mardin

• 'Arban

• Arbo: A village nowadays called Taskoy, located in the district of Nusaybin in the provicne of Mardin.

• 'Ayn Ward: A village today called Gülgöze which is located north east of Medyāt

• Baqsyan

• Badeba: A village in Ṭūr‛Abdīn located in the district of Nusaybin of the province of Mardin.

• Basibrina 

• Bani'mi : A village in Ṭūr‛Abdīn located in the district of Nusaybin in the province of Mardin.

• Beth Sorino: A small town located in Ṭūr‛Abdīn, today it is called Haberli within the district of Idil in the province of Sirnak.

• Dayr Salib

• Fifyath

• Hah 

• Habsnas 

• Halih 

• Hbob: A village in Ṭūr‛Abdīn located in the district of Nusaybin in the province of Mardin.

• Kafra 

• Kafarze

• Kafrsalta

• Kafrshami

• Kandarib

• Karburan: A town in Tūr‘Abdīn, nowadays called Dargecit which is also one of the districts of the province of Mardin, south east Turkey.

• Kafryab

• Kalasht

• Meddo

• Midyat: A Town located in the heart of Ṭūr‛Abdīn, nowadays it is a capital of a district with the same name in the province of Mardin.

• Qartmin

• Salah: A village today called Baristepe located about 10 kilometers north of Medyāt in the province of Mardin.

• Sari Awastir

• Tamars

• 'Urnus

• Zabdiqa

• Zaz: A village in Ṭūr‛Abdīn, nowadays called Izbirak north east of Medyāt in the province of Mardin