Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Khārijīyah
Syriac Orthodox church located on the northern edge of old Mosul, and dedicated to Mary al-Ṭāhirah (“the immaculate”); known as the Upper al-Ṭāhirah or the Outer al-Ṭāhirah
- HMML ID
- 687205504637
- PURL
- LC name
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Khārijīyah
- HMML name
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Khārijīyah
- HMML native script
- كنيسة الطاهرة الخارجية
Variants
- al-Tahira al-Kharijia
- al-Tahira Syriac Orthodox Church
- al-Ṭāhirah
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Fawqānīyah
- Mart Maryam
- Outer al-Ṭāhirah
- SOCTM
- Upper al-Ṭāhirah
- كنيسة الطاهرة الفوقانية
Organization information
- Organization type
- Churches
- Centuries
- 13th century CE ● 14th century CE ● 15th century CE ● 16th century CE ● 17th century CE ● 18th century CE ● 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Locations
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- Fields of activity
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General notes
- Description
- كنيسة الطاهرة الخارجية=Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Khārijīyah; Syriac Orthodox church
- Citations
- Google Maps, accessed March 23, 2023.
- Description
- Not to be confused with the Syriac Catholic Church or the other Syriac Orthodox church in Mosul; all 3 were dedicated to Mary
- Description
- Mid-19th century, Mosul had 5 Syrian Orthodox churches, including Mart Maryam [this is the al-Khārijīyah church] (likely existed in the 13th century or earlier); a 6th Syriac Orthodox church, dedicated to Mart Maryam, built in 1896 [this is the al-Qalʻah church]
- Citations
- David Wilmshurst, Ecclesiastical Organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913 (Louvain: In Aedibus Peeters, 2000), 214.
- Description
- Map clearly labels al-Tahira al-Qalaʼa Syriac Orthodox Church in eastern Mosul, differentiated from the al-Tahira Syriac Catholic Church just northwest of it, as well as the al-Tahira al-Kharijia Syriac Orthodox Church in the northwest
- Citations
- City map of Mosul churches, borrowed and modified with labels, from J. M. Fiey, Mossoul chrétienne: essai sur l'histoire, l'archéologie et l'état actuel des monuments chrétiens de la ville de Mossoul (Beirut: Impr. catholique, 1959).
Preferred citation
"Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Khārijīyah." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 23, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/687205504637
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-03-23
- Last edited
- 2023-03-23
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