Assyrians, Kurds, and Ottomans: Intercommunal Relations on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire
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Location Churches Priests Families Remarks
Bekolke 0 0 5 Berwar
Tootha Shamaya 0 0 10
Maya 0 0 15
Deriske 0 0 15
Aina d’Nooni 1 1 20
Iyyet 1 1 5
Bishmiyaye 1 1 6
Doori 2 4 20
Helwa 1 1 7
Malkhtha 0 0 5
Akri 1 1 20
Bebaluk 1 1 10
Hayyis 1 0 15
Total 20 18 348

Diocese of Bohtan1 ().

Location Churches Priests Families Remarks
District of Bohtan 23 16 220 District of Bedr Khan Beg

1Mar Yousif, the metropolitan of Bohtan, died in 1846, and no successor has been appointed by the Mar Shimun, who has never visited this province. There are still two bishops here, Mar Shimun, who resides in the Atel district, and exercises Episcopal jurisdiction over twenty Nestorian villages in the mountains, and two or three in the valley of the Khabour between Zakho and Jezerah, and to contain in all (see “Diocese of Bohtan”).

Diocese of Mar Shimun the Patriarch ().

Location Churches Priests Families Remarks
Garamoon 1 2 80 In the district of Asheetha
Halamoon 1 2 50 Lower Tiyari
Tcalluk 1 1 40
Arosh 0 0 17
Hor 0 0 15
Teire Rezen 0 0 14
Asheetha 1 4 4002
Zaweetha 1 1 90
Minyanish 4 2 60
Merghe 0 1 80