Collection of Historical Documents in Relation With the Syriac Orthodox Community in the Late Period of the Ottoman Empire: The Register of Mardin MS ... Edition) (Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies)

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In the Ottoman Empire, Syriac communities kept their own baptismal books, marriage, funeral and other records and many of these can be found in various libraries, churches, monasteries in the West and East. The Syriac Garsūnī manuscript found in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Mardin contains several lists of different subjects that go back to the late period of the Ottoman Empire. These lists, published here for the first time with annotations, are an important historical source for the social, economic, cultural and religious history of the Near East during the 19th century. Table of Contents Acknowledgment Introduction Chapter 1: List of Donors from Mardin for the Reconstruction of Dayr Al-Za‘farān in 1872 Chapter 2: List of Syriac Orthodox Families from Ḥamah, Ḥomṣ and its Vicinity Chapter 3: List of Bedel ’Askarī from the Syriac Orthodox Community in Diyarbakir in 1891 Chapter 4: List of Syriac Orthodox Monks Bibliography