Ayrancı, Beşiri
Ayrancı | |
|---|---|
  Ayrancı Location within Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′48″N 41°16′52″E / 37.880°N 41.281°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Batman |
| District | Beşiri |
| Population (2021)[1] | 351 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Ayrancı (Arabic: دير مار قرياقس;[2] Kurdish: Dêra Kira; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܩܘܪܝܐܩܘܣ, lit. 'Monastery of Mor Quryaqos')[2][a] is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey.[5] The village is populated by Kurds of the Sinikan tribe and had a population of 351 in 2021.[1][6]
History
[edit]The Monastery of Mor Quryaqos (today called Ayrancı) was established in the 5th century.[7] It is first attested in 1415 in which year Basilius, metropolitan of Zarjal, was ordained by Patriarch Yeshu’ I of Tur Abdin.[8] The monastery served as the episcopal seat of the Syriac Orthodox diocese of Zarjal from the beginning of the 15th century until the beginning of the 20th century.[9] It was renovated in 1481, at which time the monastery had 100 monks, as per a colophon written there in 1483.[10] According to colophons dated to 1486 and 1488, there were many monks from Tur Abdin at the monastery.[4]
Patriarch Ignatius Shukrallah II aided Basilius Gurgis of Aleppo, metropolitan of Diyarbakr, in construction at the monastery in 1723.[11] Ignatius Shukrallah II obtained a certificate of investiture from Sultan Ahmed III dated 6 Rabi’ al-Akhir 1135 AH/1723 AD addressed to the Muslim judge of Hisn Kipha so to exempt the monastery from fees and tithes.[12] The portico in the monastery was added in 1855.[13] Elias (later Patriarch Ignatius Elias III) was appointed as head of the monastery in 1895.[14] Elias provided refuge to approximately 7000 Armenians at the monastery amidst the massacres in the Diyarbekir Vilayet.[15] In 1909, an additional structure was added to the monastery according to a Garshuni inscription on the portal on the south side of the monastery.[13] The monastery was abandoned in the early 1940s.[4] It was restored in 2020–2025.[7]
References
[edit]Notes
- ↑ Also known as Dayr al-Qira, Dayr Morī Quryāqūs, Deir el Qira, Deir Mar Quriaqos, Deir Mor Quryaqos, Dera Kera, Dirakira, Mar Quryaqos’ Monastery, the Monastery of Quryaqos, the Monastery of Mar Cyriacus, the Monastery of Mor Quryakos, the Monastery of Mar Quryaqos, the Monastery of Mār Quriāqōs, or the Monastery of Mar Quriaqos.[3] It was alternatively known as Black Monastery as it was located near the Black Rock (Karataş).[4]
Citations
- 1 2 "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- 1 2 Carlson, Thomas A. (14 January 2014). "Mor Quryaqos - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܩܘܪܝܐܩܘܣ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Dinno (2017), pp. 94, 105, 110, 229, 363; Erdal (2022), p. 47; Wilmshurst (2000), p. 93; Bell (1982), p. 135; Bcheiry (2013), p. 5; Barsoum (2009), p. 8; Gaunt (2006), p. 210.
- 1 2 3 Erdal (2022), p. 47.
- ↑ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 275.
- 1 2 "1600-year-old Mor Quryaqos Monastery in Batman, Turkey, reopens after restoration, Syriac community hopes for cultural revival". Syriac Press. 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Barsoum (2008), p. 47; Erdal (2022), p. 47.
- ↑ Barsoum (2003), p. 569.
- ↑ Bell (1982), p. 136.
- ↑ Barsoum (2009), p. 31.
- ↑ Barsoum (2009), p. 32.
- 1 2 Erdal (2022), p. 51.
- ↑ Dinno (2017), p. 229.
- ↑ "Patriarch Mor Ignatios Elias III Shakir (1867-1932)". Syriac Orthodox Resources. 12 February 2003.
Bibliography
[edit]- Barsoum, Aphrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- Barsoum, Aphrem (2008). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- Barsoum, Aphrem (2009). History of the Syriac Dioceses. Vol. 1. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- Bcheiry, Iskandar (2013). The Account of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Yūḥanun Bar Šay Allāh (1483–1492): The Syriac Manuscript of Cambridge: DD.3.8(1). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- Bell, Gertrude (1982). The Churches and Monasteries of the Ṭur ʻAbdin. Pindar Press. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- Dinno, Khalid S. (2017). The Syrian Orthodox Christians in the Late Ottoman Period and Beyond: Crisis then Revival. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- Erdal, Zekai (January 2022). "Monastery of Mor Quryakos/ Dayr al-Qira". In Keser-Kayaalp, Elif (ed.). Syriac Architectural Heritage at Risk in TurʿAbdin (PDF). pp. 47–51. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
