Keywords: Syriac women from Mardin.jpg A post-card by the Capucin Mission of two Syrian Christian women from the rural region of Mardin in south-east Turkey 1905 The ancient city of Mardin was the home the the Syrian Patriarch at Deir al-Zaafran and the highest concentration of Syrian Christians Monophysite were to be found to the east of Mardin in the Tur-Abdeen the mountain of the worshipers region since the 5-7th centuries The Syrian Christians many of who fled to Syria during W W 1 and the remaining emigrated in mass to Europe canada and the U S A The area is dotted with many monasteries and churches dating back to the 5-8 th centuries and later http //mideastimage com/result aspx 19th century Capucin Mission PD-Old original upload log wikitable date/time username resolution size edit summary ---- 09 25 24 July 2008 User FunkMonk <a href http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Assyrmardin JPG ><img alt Thumbnail for version as of 09 25 24 July 2008 src http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Assyrmardin JPG/83px-Assyrmardin JPG width 83 height 120 border 0 /></a></td><td>399×577 124 KB <nowiki> </nowiki> ---- 06 47 27 July 2007 User FunkMonk <a href http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/archive/3/35/20080724092520 21Assyrmardin JPG ><img alt Thumbnail for version as of 06 47 27 July 2007 src http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/archive/3/35/20080724092520 21Assyrmardin JPG/83px-Assyrmardin JPG width 83 height 119 border 0 /></a></td><td>400×575 62 KB <nowiki> Two Assyrian women from Mardin http //mideastimage com/result aspx 19th century Capucin Mission </nowiki> Syriacs Ethnic groups people Middle East Christian denominations |