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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Orhay canonical 2
Orhayy 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 ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linkedTo Kingdom of Osroene ⓘ
linked to: 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 Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches

early Christian communities ⓘ
servedAs capital of Osroene ⓘ
significance important urban center in Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
writingSystem Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Edessa → hasAlternativeName → Orhay ⓘ
Urhay → hasNameInAramaic → ܐܘܪܗܝ ⓘ
linked to: Orhay
Ruha → hasAlternativeName → Orhay ⓘ
Ruha → hasAlternativeName → Orhayy ⓘ
linked to: Orhay