Besirin (Arabic: بسيرين; also transliterated Bsirin or Bsarin) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Besirin had a population of 4,697 in the 2004 census.[1]
History
Besirin was mentioned as the hometown of an Orthodox Christian scribe named 'Mattai' on three Syriac manunscripts he produced, which were dated to 1294, 1295 and 1297.[2] In the mid-16th century, Besirin had a Christian community following the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.[3] According to the Ottoman Defter record of the Hama Sanjak taken in 1594, the village was an entirely Christian settlement home to 134 households and 11 bachelors.[4] In 1838, it was recorded as a Sunni Muslim village.[5]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004".
- ^ Brock 2003, p. 116.
- ^ Panchenko 2016.
- ^ Nasiroğlu, Mehtap (2014-01-01). "XIV. yüzyılda Hama Sancağında kırsal yerleşme". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi: 135.
- ^ Robinson & Smith 1841, p. 179.
Bibliography
- Brock, Sebastian (2003). "Syriac on Sinai: The Main Connections". In Ruggieri, Vincenzo; Pieralli, Luca (eds.). Eykoemia: Studi Miscellanei per il 75. di Vincenzo Poggi S.J. Rubbettino. pp. 103–118. ISBN 88-498-0730-9.
- Panchenko, Constantin Alexandrovich (2016). Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans 1516–1831. Holy Trinity Publications.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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