Sir, West Azerbaijan
Sir
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West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 134 people, in 32 families.[1] In English the place has been subject to various spellings due to early transliteration including Seer, Seyr,[2] and Seir.[3]
History
In Seiri is located the historically significant stone church of Mar Sargis, a shrine visited by the faithful for healing, both Christian and Muslim. Due to its fresh mountain air, Seiri became the summer station for American missionaries based in Urmia.
On 1800s a proto-evangelical English missionary led by Sir John White and Elisabeth Hobart also built a small worship place in Urmia, known as 'Ojag-e Sir' (Sir's Henge, God's House of Sir) later renamed and converted to Kelisay-e Hazrat-e Maryam (the Church of
Joseph Plumb Cochran (1855–1905).[4]
Notable people
- Joseph Gallup Cochran (1817–1871), missionary,[5] buried in Sir
- Jacob David (1873–1967), pastor and relief worker, born in Sir[2]
- Ana Diamond (born 1996), human rights activist
- William Ambrose Shedd (1865–1918), missionary, born in Sir[3]
See also
- St. Sarkis Church
- Assyrians in Iran
- List of Assyrian settlements
References
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ a b "David, Jacob". Encyclopædia Iranica. December 3, 2010.
- ^ a b Shedd, Mary Lewis (1922). The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia. George H. Doran Company. p. 35.
- ISSN 2251-886X.
- ^ Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College, During Its First Half of the Century 1821–1871. W. S. Tyler (contribution). Amherst College. 1883. p. 189.
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