[East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province] The Nisibis region was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and seventeenth centuries. The province of Nisibis (Syriac: Nisibin, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, often abbreviated to Soba, ܨܘܒܐ) had a number of suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history, including Arzun, Beth...
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Ancient city about 210 km/130 mi northwest of Mosul (northern Iraq) and capital of the Assyrian district of Nisibina. As a frontier fortress and centre of trade, it was pivotal in the various wars...
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