Anıtlı, Midyat

Village in Mardin Province, Turkey

Neighbourhood in Midyat, Mardin, Turkey
37°28′37″N 41°36′40″E / 37.477°N 41.611°E / 37.477; 41.611CountryTurkeyProvinceMardinDistrictMidyatPopulation
 (2021)[1]
148Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Anıtlı (Arabic: حاح; Syriac: ܚܐܚ, romanized: Ḥāḥ)[2] is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province in Turkey.[3] It is located in the historical region of Tur Abdin.

In the village, there are churches of Mor Sobo and of Yoldath Aloho.[4]

History

The Church of the Virgin located in the village is likely from the 7th century.[5]

Ḥāḥ (today called Anıtlı) is identified as the settlement of Khabkhi.[6] The Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II extracted tribute of cattle, sheep, wine, cooking-pots, tubs, and bronze armour from the land of Khabkhi during his campaign against Nairi in 879 BC.[7] Zazabukha was located in the territory of Khabkhi.[7]

The Syriac Orthodox patriarch and historian Michael the Syrian named Iyawannis Musa, bishop of Ḥāḥ, as a former student of the Mor Hananyo Monastery in his Chronicle.[8] Sarjis Qar'uni was metropolitan bishop of Ḥāḥ from 1484 to his death in 1508.[9]

The mayor of Ḥāḥ was assassinated by Islamic extremists on 29 November 1993.[10]

Demography

The village had a population of 148 in 2021.[1] It is populated by Assyrians who belong to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[11][12] They traditionally spoke Kurdish but Turoyo language has since become more prominent amongst young people.[13] A number of villagers emigrated abroad to Germany and France in the late 20th century.[13]

The following is a list of the number of Assyrian families that have inhabited Ḥāḥ per year stated. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are from the list provided in Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World, as noted in the bibliography below.[14][nb 1]

  • 1966: 73
  • 1978: 67
  • 1979: 55
  • 1981: 52
  • 1987: 42
  • 1995: 19
  • 1997: 18
  • 2013: 17–18[13]

References

Notes

  1. ^ The size of a single family varies between five and ten persons.[14]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (9 December 2016). "Ḥaḥ". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Barsoum (2008b), pp. 17, 19.
  5. ^ Sinclair (1989), p. 241.
  6. ^ Palmer (1990), p. 29.
  7. ^ a b Palmer (1990), p. 1.
  8. ^ Barsoum (2008a), p. 57.
  9. ^ Barsoum 2008b, p. 110; Barsoum 2009, p. 150.
  10. ^ Brock (2021), p. 165.
  11. ^ Jongerden & Verheij (2012), p. 322.
  12. ^ Tan (2018), p. 128.
  13. ^ a b c Courtois (2013), p. 149.
  14. ^ a b Brock (2021), p. 167.

Bibliography

  • Barsoum, Aphrem (2008a). History of the Za'faran Monastery. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  • Barsoum, Aphrem (2008b). The History of Tur Abdin. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  • Barsoum, Aphrem (2009). The Collected Historical Essays of Aphram I Barsoum. Vol. 1. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  • Brock, Sebastian (2021). "The Syrian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". Eastern Christianity, Theological Reflection on Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Holy Land and Christian Encounter with Islam and the Muslim World (PDF). Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust. pp. 155–181. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  • Courtois, Sébastien de (2013). "Tur Abdin : Réflexions sur l'état présent descommunautés syriaques du Sud-Est de la Turquie,mémoire, exils, retours". Cahier du Gremmamo (in French). 21: 113–150.
  • Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill.
  • Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  • Sinclair, T. A. (1989), Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, vol. III, London: The Pindar Press
  • Tan, Altan (2018). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye. Aşiretler - Dinler - Diller - Kültürler (in Turkish). ISBN 9789944360944.