Deyr ü Rahba
Deyr ü Rahba (دير الرهبة) listed as a district of the Abbasid province of Diyar Bakr, the Arabic name means the land of the Priests (geographically Syriac Priests), the name remained in use for a Kurdish chiefdom until 1626 when the whole district was transferred to Eyalet Raqqa.[1]
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