Mîra

General Information

Also Known As

Mîra shrine, Ziyareta Mîra, Çiyayê Mîra

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Mabeta, Reco

Village or Nearby Villages

Kurkê Jorin, Kurkê Jêrin, Ĥec Xelîl

Ziyareta Mîra is a shrine of Kurkê Jorin and Kurkê Jêrin in the Mabeta sub-district, one of the sacred places the two villages share alongside Serdangaha Mora.

Çiyayê Mîra

A separate place carries the same name. Çiyayê Mîra, the Mîra mountain, rises west of Çiyayê Bilêl and north of Ĥec Xelîl, about two kilometers east of the town of Reco, and iron is found in its ground.1 It is not known whether the mountain and the shrine are connected.

Bibliography

  • Elî, Mihemed Ebdo. Jabal al-Kurd (Mintaqat Afrin): Dirasa Jughrafiyya Shamila [The Kurd Mountain (Afrin Region): A Comprehensive Geographical Study]. Arabic ed. Efrîn, 2014.

References

  1. Mihemed Ebdo Elî, Jabal al-Kurd (Mintaqat Afrin): Dirasa Jughrafiyya Shamila, Arabic ed. (Efrîn, 2014). Quote: "li Rojavaya Çi.Bilêl, li Bakurê Gu.Xec Xelîl Çi.Mîra heye, hesin di zemîna wî de heye, Çi.Mîra li Rojhilata bajarokê Reco bi dûrbûna 2/km dikeve." English translation: "West of Çiyayê Bilêl, north of the village of Ĥec Xelîl, there is Çiyayê Mîra; there is iron in its ground. Çiyayê Mîra is two kilometers east of the town of Reco." ↩