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Urfa
Urfa (Edessa) is an ancient center mentioned in sources with scholars and historians. A Syriac work was written at the request of Sergius, the abbot of a monastery in Urfa (Vol. 1, p. 53). The historian Urfalı Mateos, known as "Urfalı" because he was originally from Urfa, is connected to this city through his Vekâyinâme (Vol. 1, p. 112, 222).
Urfa is described as the center of the Diyar-ı Mudar region in the Upper Euphrates basin (Vol. 1, p. 87). Among the cities where the preacher Sıbt İbnü’l-Cevzî preached, Urfa is also counted along with Harran (Vol. 1, p. 125); Alparslan, who departed from Meyyâfârikîn, first went to Âmid, and from there proceeded to Urfa (Vol. 1, p. 131).
The Ayyubids also ruled in the region; independent studies have been conducted on "the Ayyubids of Urfa and its surroundings" (Vol. 1, p. 212).
Sources
Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları, Volume 1: ANTİKÇAĞ VE İSLAMÎ DÖNEM KAYNAKLARI (2023)
Authors: Muhammet Yücel, Abdurrahman Acar, Nevzat Keleş, Hakan Can, Yusuf Baluken, Bedrettin Basuğuy
Pages: 53, 87, 112, 125, 131, 212, 222
Sources are drawn from the series “Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları” (Sources of Kurdish History). Series editors: Nurettin Beltekin, Serdar Şengül, Ercan Çağlayan.
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