Descripción
Turquía. En la actualidad, Kızıltepe.
Notas
C. E. Bosworth, "Studies on the Jazīra, II: Dunaysir and its History",Acta Orientalia, Vol. 59, Num. 1, March 2006. Abstract: "This paper looks at the history of the small Islamic town of Dunaysir in the Diyār Rabīa region of Upper Mesopotamia, which flourished especially in the 12th and 13th centuries A.D. as an agricultural centre and market town, with a lively intellectual and cultural life. A local physician and scholar, Abū Hafs Umar b. al-Khidr al-Turkī(d. ca. 1242-1243) wrote a history of the towns notable scholars and literary men. It is important for being the only known history of the town, for its rich biographical information and for being the sole authority for a large amount of Arabic verse by Jaziran poets. Biographical notes on these notables are given, and some illustrative sections of the history translated."