monastery
Kharg Island monastery
Kharg Island, Iran · Persia & Church of the East
29.243, 50.315
Attested. Archaeologically attested. Dating (roughly 7th-9th centuries) rests on excavation finds.
French archaeologist Roman Ghirshman excavated a large East Syriac (Church of the East) monastery on this Gulf island in 1959-60, with a church, cloister and dozens of monks' cells. It shows how far the Persian church reached along the Gulf trade routes. The island lies about 50 km northwest of Rev Ardashir, the metropolitan see of Fars.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeological evidence.
People and groups named here
- Roman Ghirshman (excavator, 1959-60)
Sources
- KHARG ISLAND ii. History and archaeology
Encyclopaedia Iranica. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 912810: Arakia (island)
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Kharg Island (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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