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at Amid, bringing with him the majority of the East
Syriacs of the region. During his reign he resided at Khosrowa. According to his tombstone in the cemetery of Khosrowa, he died on 10 April 1789 and his father's name was Giwargis. His epitaph stated that he 'preached and spread the faith of the
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became patriarch in 1839, Melchisedec seems to have been left temporarily without supervision, but a second coadjutor, Giwargis
Augustine Barshina, was consecrated for the diocese in 1848. He was born in Khosrowa in 1814 and educated at the college of the Propaganda, and was ordained a priest in
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the two communities were roughly the same size. In 1913 the East Syriac
Christians of the Salmas district, mostly Chaldeans, numbered just over 10,000 and lived in 12 villages; in 1908 there were about 10,000 Armenians, living in 23 villages. The main Armenian village in the district was
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Chaldean archdiocese of Salmas had a population of 150 families in 1850 (Badger); 2,000 Chaldeans in 1854 (Challaye); 8,000 Chaldeans in 1867 (Martin); 10,000 Chaldeans in 1896 (Chabot); and 10,460 Chaldeans, with 24 priests and 12 churches, in 1913 (Tfinkdji). Although
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It is difficult to determine the episcopal succession in the diocese of Salmas in the late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to
Tfindkji Salmas returned to Nestorianism between 1640 and 1710, and the Catholic metropolitans of Salmas between 1709 and 1833 were
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has traditionally been placed at Salmas. Although there were East Syriac
Christians in the Salmas district at least as early as the seventh century, Salmas is not heard of as the seat of an East Syriac bishop until 1281, when its bishop Joseph attended the enthronement of
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Gabriel was able to assert his authority and administer his diocese without opposition. Yohannan Guriel died on 15 July 1833 (or on 13 July 1832 according to other sources). During the last years of his reign the Chaldean bishop Peter Shawriz, ordained for
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and Jilu'. It is surprising to find these widely separated districts linked, but there is no reason to doubt that the title has been correctly given. It is possible that the metropolitan was responsible for a refugee community from Jilu, apparently living in
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yahb appears to have been given the reign-dates 1709–52 by
Tfinkdji and Fiey because a metropolitan of the same name fled 'on account of the destruction of his diocese by Oz Beg' to the village of Seduh near Seert in 1751, 'where he long remained'.
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on 28 February 1887. While a priest he attracted attention during the 'Salmas dispute' of 1894 over the ownership of a number of churches in the district, which embroiled the
Nestorian and Chaldean churches, the Catholic,
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and East Syriac
Christians, with the Armenians preponderating. A large number of Armenians emigrated in 1828, and by the middle of the nineteenth century the community was losing its former dominance. The village of
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yahb Melchisedec. Possibly because of the affection in which he had been held by many of the Chaldeans of Salmas, the Chaldean authorities felt it worthwhile to win him over, and he was consecrated metropolitan of
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Possibly because of his previous association with the Nestorian patriarch, but principally because he was already elderly, Melchisedec was given assistance in his episcopal duties. The future patriarch
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The church of the village of Chara in the Salmas district was built in 1360 at the expense of Mar Sliba, probably the bishop of Salmas. The name Sliba was taken at a later period by the bishops of
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in 1833, remaining in office until his death on 23 August 1859. According to the epitaph on his tombstone in the cemetery of Khosrowa, he was the son of Isho
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in October 1894 as bishop-designate of Salmas, and was consecrated together with Joseph Eliya Khayyat, bishop-designate of
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117:Lake Van
109:IV Maron
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2754:Nisibis
2729:Hakkari
2724:Gazarta
2699:Berwari
2684:Amadiya
2576:Tamanon
2566:Taimana
2556:Soqotra
2546:Arabaye
2479:Ramonin
2424:Nineveh
2383:Meskene
2317:Kashkar
2282:Istakhr
2277:Ispahan
2227:Hamadan
2217:Haditha
2207:Gubeans
2182:Dinawar
2177:Delasar
2157:Dabarin
2057:Armenia
1913:Nisibis
1908:Maishan
1822:of the
1718:Gazireh
1683:Nisibis
1514:Baghdad
1483:Baghdad
1293:Baaba,
1269:Rapport
1185:, 39–52
1181:Duval,
1125:Karilan
999:Zewajik
978:Khanaga
939:ܓܘܠܝܙܐܢ
934:Gulizan
892:Gawilan
871:Patavur
855:ܟܘܣܪܒܐܕ
789:Gawilan
769:Haftwan
760:Gulizan
659:Britain
510:Baghdad
428:Abdisho
406:Abdisho
390:Abdisho
335:Vatican
175:Abdisho
133:Persian
125:Abdisho
103:Abdisho
53:In the
2784:Tuleki
2759:Salmas
2744:Mardin
2739:Kirkuk
2704:Cyprus
2654:Alqosh
2601:Ukbara
2581:Tirhan
2505:Salmas
2500:Salakh
2469:Radani
2444:Qaimar
2439:Pusang
2414:maniya
2337:Mardin
2327:Lashom
2312:Karman
2247:Hebton
2212:Gurgan
2202:Gawkaï
2197:Eshnuq
2162:Dairin
2092:Barhis
2037:Al-Kuj
2006:Tangut
1966:Hulwan
1946:Dailam
1714:Amadia
1694:Mardin
1679:Kaškar
1656:Jordan
1600:Beirut
1590:Alqosh
1585:Aleppo
1524:Tehran
1395:
1374:
1337:
1243:Giamil
1227:Giamil
1211:Giamil
1195:Giamil
1133:Malham
1115:
1103:10,460
1020:Satura
1004:ܙܝܘܓܘܩ
829:Salmas
751:Salmas
663:Alqosh
655:France
638:priest
614:After
609:Dilman
567:Salmas
486:Salmas
197:on X.
151:Persia
30:Salmas
2789:Zakho
2769:Sehna
2764:Seert
2749:Mosul
2719:Gawar
2664:Anzel
2649:Ahwaz
2571:Tahal
2398:Muqan
2393:Mosul
2342:Marga
2262:Hirta
2252:Herat
2242:Hatta
2232:Hamir
2222:Hagar
2192:Erbil
2187:Egypt
2087:Balad
2067:Arzun
1971:India
1961:Herat
1698:Seert
1690:Anbar
1605:Cairo
1567:Mosul
1562:Arbil
1552:Basra
1547:Ahvaz
1529:Urmyā
1477:) at
1271:, 297
1249:, 129
1233:, 114
1217:, 514
1170:Notes
1160:Sawra
1098:Total
1078:Chara
1041:Sarna
1025:ܣܬܘܪܐ
901:1,000
897:ܓܘܝܠܢ
880:2,800
876:ܦܬܒܘܪ
859:3,700
785:Anzel
716:Zakho
677:Cairo
553:Seert
398:Mosul
146:Seert
2734:Jilu
2694:Aqra
2659:Amid
2636:and
2617:Zabe
2591:Urmi
2561:Susa
2495:Rima
2490:aïna
2484:Resh
2459:Qish
2292:Jews
1991:Merv
1956:Fars
1730:Zaku
1487:Iraq
1475:List
1393:ISBN
1372:ISBN
1335:ISBN
1201:, 90
1162:and
1083:ܫܗܪܐ
1046:ܣܪܢܐ
983:ܚܢܓܐ
918:ܐܘܠܐ
834:ܣܠܡܣ
749:The
723:Urmi
706:Shem
657:and
504:(or
490:Isho
472:Isho
445:Amid
414:Urmi
371:Isho
348:Amid
258:Isho
219:Amid
200:Isho
71:Jilu
35:Iran
2779:Tis
1996:Rai
1481:in
1109:12
1087:250
1066:230
1050:490
1029:240
1008:280
987:270
943:300
922:400
913:Ula
838:500
777:Ula
569:by
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