Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah (al-Qalʻah)
Syriac Orthodox church located in the al-Qalʻah District in the center of old Mosul, and dedicated to Mary al-Ṭāhirah (“the immaculate”)
- HMML ID
- 738004921936
- PURL
- LC name
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah (al-Qalʻah)
- HMML name
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah (al-Qalʻah)
- HMML native script
- كنيسة الطاهرة القلعة
Variants
- al-Tahira al-Qala
- al-Tahira Syrian Orthodox Church
- al-Ṭāhirah
- Ancient al-Ṭāhirah
- Inner al-Ṭāhirah
- Kanīsat al-Dayr al-Aʻlá
- Kanīsat al-Qalʻah
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah
- Mart Maryam
- SOCTQM
Organization information
- Organization type
- Churches
- Foundation date
- 1896
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Locations
- Countries
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
General notes
- Description
- Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah, located in al-Qalʻah, al-Mawṣil, construction began in 1893, completed and consecrated in 1896; called كنيسة الطاهرة الداخلية=Kanīsat al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah; also called كنيسة القلعة=Kanīsat al-Qalʻah and كنيسة الدير الأعلى=Kanīsat al-Dayr al-Aʻlá
- Citations
- "Kanīsat (al-Qalʻah) al-Ṭāhirah al-Dākhilīyah - al-Mawṣil,"
- Description
- Not to be confused with the Syriac Catholic Church located adjacent to this one, or the other Syriac Orthodox church in Mosul on the northern outskirts of the old city; 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-Dākhilīyah (al-Qalʻah)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 23, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/738004921936
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-04-14
- Last edited
- 2023-03-23
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