Arzun

Map showing the ancient sites of Upper Mesopotamia and Syria. Arzun region is in the north-east.

Arzun (Syriac: ܐܪܙܘܢ‎) is a ruin in Turkey located northwest of Siirt. It was formerly a well-populated city with a Nestorian bishop suffragan to Nisibis (Nusaybin).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Barsoum, Ignatius Afram (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. p. 268-551.

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