Edessa 'the Blessed City'

Adiabene Amid Antioch Apostle Arab Armenian army Atargatis Athanasius Baldwin Bardaiṣan Basil Batnae Beduins Bishop of Edessa Byzantine Byzantium Caliph called CAMII cave-tomb century A.D. Christian Church of St Citadel mount citizens commander Constantinople Crusaders death deity Doctrine of Addai East Egeria Emperor Empire Ephraim Euphrates evidently Ezad fifth century gate Governor Greek Ḥabbib hand Harran Hiba Hierapolis holy honour Jacob Jacobite Jerusalem Jewish Jews John Joscelyn Justinian Khusraw king Abgar later legend letter of Jesus Ma'nu Mabbog martyrs Matthew of Edessa Melkite Mesopotamia monarchy monasteries monks Monophysites Moslem Narseh Nestorian Nisibis Orhay Osrhoene pagan Palmyra Parthian Patriarch Persians priests probably Procopius Rabbula region reign river Roman ruler Samosata Seleucid Serug Severus Shmona shrine soldiers statue stood strategos Stylite Syriac Syriac chronicle Syriac inscription Syrie Tella Thaddaeus Thomas Thoros tomb tower Turks Urfa villages wall women writes Zangi