Urmia — ܐܘܪܡܝܐ
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Urmia; Urūmiyya; Rīzāya; ܐܘܪܡܝܐ; ܐܘܪܡܺܝܐ; اورمية; Ūrmī; أُرْميَة
Urmia (Urūmiyya, Rīzāya), a city in northwest Iran, west of Lake Urmia, is first mentioned in E.-Syr. sources in 1111, whereas the mentioning of bishops in Azerbaijan (Hoshaʿ of Ganzak in 486, Ḥenanishoʿ in 605), testify to earlier presence of the Ch. of E. in this region.
568. Urmia
location: 37.55 45.1
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name أُرْميَة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 1111–2013
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/206
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874631
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H. L. Murre-van den Berg 568. Urmia The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 422
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 29–30, 47, 48, 65, 92, 93 (with fig. 33), 99 (with fig. 35), 119, 187, 210, 246, 262, 312, 338, 339 (fig. 99), 352, 361, 385, 422 (with fig. 125, 126), 436 Map II C1, IV
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 239
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 213
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 248
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Urmia
David Wilmshurst The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 3, 32, 36, 105, 281, 296, 298, 301, 304, 306, 314-315, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 335, 337-338
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:190