Orhay

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Orhay is an alternative historical name for the ancient city of Edessa, a significant center in Upper Mesopotamia known today as Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Orhay canonical 1
ܐܘܪܗܝ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
alternativeNameOf Edessa
associatedWith Syriac Christian tradition
early Christianity
countryInAntiquity Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
culture Aramaic-speaking
Syriac
flourishedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Late Antiquity
Roman period
hasModernSuccessor Şanlıurfa
hasRole regional political center
religious center
trade hub
historicalRegion Mesopotamia
knownAsInSyriac Urhay
languageHistoricallySpoken Aramaic
Greek
Syriac
laterRuledBy Islamic Caliphates
surface form: Islamic caliphates

Ottoman Empire
linkedTo Osroene
surface form: Kingdom of Osroene
locatedIn Upper Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay Şanlıurfa
locatedInPresentDayCountry Turkey
locatedInRegion southeastern Turkey
locatedOn trade routes between Anatolia and Mesopotamia
modernName Şanlıurfa
nearRiver Balikh River
partOf ancient Near East
regionToday Şanlıurfa Province
religionHistoricallyPracticed Christianity
Islam
pagan cults
religiousTradition Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity

early Christian communities
servedAs capital of Osroene
significance important urban center in Upper Mesopotamia
writingSystem Syriac alphabet
surface form: Syriac script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edessa hasAlternativeName Orhay
Urhay hasNameInAramaic Orhay
this entity surface form: ܐܘܪܗܝ