place
Diyarbakır
Also known as Amida
undated
37.9108, 40.2367 · Wikidata Q83387 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map
Fortified city on the Tigris, home of John of Ephesus; besieged by Persia in 359 and 502.
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Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. It is considered one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, having been continually inhabited since c. 8,000 BCE.
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- Diyarbakır · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q83387 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Pleiades place 874298 · Pleiades contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY 3.0
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- John of Ephesus · person
syriac · miaphysites