Acırlı, Midyat
Village in Mardin Province, Turkey
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Acırlı (Kurdish: Derizbîn;[1] Syriac: ܙܒܝܢܐ ܡܪܝ, romanized: Dayro Zbino)[2][a] is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey.[4] Its population is 3,069 (2022).[5] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[6][7] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and Mhallami.[1] It is located in the historic region of Bēth Muḥallam in Tur Abdin.[8]
History
Dayro Zbino (today called Acırlı) was previously the site of the Monastery of Mar Zbina, mentioned in the Life of Simeon of the Olives.[9] It has been suggested that it may be identified with the Monastery of Zebinus in the Roman province of Mesopotamia, which was restored by Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) as per Procopius in On Buildings.[10] The village developed around the monastery and was historically inhabited by Syriac Christians who converted to Islam in c. 1583 to escape persecution.[11] The mosque at Derizbin was constructed on the site of the church.[12]