Besirin
Besirin (Arabic: بسيرين; also transliterated Bsirin or Bsarin) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Besirin had a population of 4,697 in the 2004 census.
History
Besirin was mentioned as the hometown of an Orthodox Christian scribe named 'Mattai' on three Syriac manunscripts he produced, which were dated to 1294, 1295 and 1297. In the mid-16th century, Besirin had a Christian community following the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. In 1838, it was recorded as a Sunni Muslim village.
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004".
- ^ Brock 2003, p. 116.
- ^ Panchenko 2016.
- ^ Robinson & Smith 1841, p. 179.
Bibliography
- Brock, Sebastian (2003). "Syriac on Sinai: The Main Connections". In Ruggieri, Vincenzo; Pieralli, Luca (eds.). Eykoemia: Studi Miscellanei per il 75. di Vincenzo Poggi S.J. Rubbettino. pp. 103–118. ISBN 88-498-0730-9.
- Panchenko, Constantin Alexandrovich (2016). Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans 1516–1831. Holy Trinity Publications.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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