Janizeh

Janizeh جنيزه
Village
Janizeh Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°39′58″N 44°57′42″E / 37.66611°N 44.96167°E / 37.66611; 44.96167
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
Bakhsh	Nazlu
Rural District	Nazluchay
Population  (2006)
• Total	30
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Janizeh (Persian: جنيزه, romanized: Janīzeh; Syriac: Jenīzā) is a village in Nazluchay Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30, in 10 families.

History

Jenīzā was inhabited by 20 Church of the East Christian families and was served by the Church of Mār Stephen and the Church of Mār Giwārgīs and 1 priest in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah. It was located in the Anzel district. There were 26 Church of the East Christian families and 2 churches and 2 priests in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, noted that Jenīzā was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.

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Bibliography

• Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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