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ديار بكر (region): The medieval Arabic name of the northernmost of the three provinces of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Mudar and Diyar Rabi'a.
دير برصوما (monastery): A monastery that served as the residence for Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs in the 11th-13th centuries CE, located in the mountains southeast of Melitene.