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Gazireh (Chaldean Diocese)
Gazireh may refer to : * Gazireh (Turkey), a city in Turkey and ** former Chaldean Catholic diocese Gazireh of the Chaldeans ** former Syrian Catholic diocese Gazireh of the Syrians ** former Latin Missio sui iuris of Gazireh * Gezir(eh), in Iran {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazireh (Turkey)
Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border. Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultural region of Turkish Kurdistan. The city had a population of 130,916 in 2021. Cizre was founded as Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar in the 9th century by al-Hasan ibn Umar, Emir of Mosul, on a manmade island in the Tigris. The city benefited from its situation as a river crossing and port in addition to its position at the end of an old Roman road which connected it to the Mediterranean Sea, and thus became an important commercial and strategic centre in Upper Mesopotamia. By the 12th century, it had adopted an intellectual and religious role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazireh Of The Syrians
Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border. Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultural region of Turkish Kurdistan. The city had a population of 130,916 in 2021. Cizre was founded as Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar in the 9th century by al-Hasan ibn Umar, Emir of Mosul, on a manmade island in the Tigris. The city benefited from its situation as a river crossing and port in addition to its position at the end of an old Roman road which connected it to the Mediterranean Sea, and thus became an important commercial and strategic centre in Upper Mesopotamia. By the 12th century, it had adopted an intellectual and religious role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missio Sui Iuris Of Gazireh
The Missio(n) sui iuris of Gazireh was a short-lived (1935-53) Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction ''sui iuris'' in part of Asian Turkey, based on the Ancient city and former see of Gazireh. History Established in 1935 as Mission sui juris of Gazireh (Gezira), exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Suppressed in 1953, having had a single recorded incumbent as Ecclesiastical Superior of Gazireh : * Father Francesco Drapier, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1935 – 1941) See also ;Eastern Catholic dioceses * Gazireh of the Chaldeans * Gazireh of the Syrians Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Di ... References External links GCatholic Missions sui iuris Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
