Hdatta
Hdatta or Haditha (
The town was apparently established by the Sasanians, hence its Middle Persian name Newkart (literally "Newly Founded"), which corresponds with its Syriac and later Arabic names.[1] According to al-Baladhuri, the town gained its name when the inhabitants of Firuz Shabur (Pirisabora; Anbar) of central Mesopotamia migrated to this location and transferred the name of their newly founded city with them.[2] The city became renowned as a bishopric centre of the Church of the East within the ecclesiastical province of Adiabene. There existed also a substantial number of Jews, many of whom were converted to Christianity at the hand of its bishop Titus of Hdatta in the 6th century.[3]
The city prospered and expanded during the
The father of Ibn Batish (died 1257) was a native of Hdatta.[4]
The city's importance declined and it was eventually ruined and deserted after the
See also
References
- ISBN 978-3-447-03652-8. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ OCLC 495469525.
- ^ Neusner, Jacob (1965). A history of the Jews in Babylonia. V. Later Sasanian times. Brill Archive. p. 21. GGKEY:19AJY3C6AKT. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Nāṣir al-Māniʿ [in Arabic] (1976), An Edition of Ghayāt al-Wasāʾil Ilā Maʿrifat al-Awāʾil by Ismāʿīl b. Hibat Allāh al-Mawṣilī, Known as Ibn Bāṭīsh (575–655/1179–1257) (PhD diss.), University of Exeter, p. 53.