Urfa



         


Urfa or Urhai or Edessa is a city in south eastern Turkey identified as the original Ur of the Khaldis mentioned in Genesis where Abram was born. To the Arabs it was known as Ar-Ruha and to the Greeks it was Orra.

The current name ist Sanliurfa.

See also: Edessa

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