the Prophet Noah in Cizre purports to contain his tomb. The tomb of the Kurdish poet Ali Hariri (1425–), who died at Cizre, is considered sacred and visited by pilgrims. The Syriac Orthodox church of Mar Behnam was renovated by Gregorius Jacob, archbishop of Gargar, in 1704. Gregorius Thomas, archbishop of Jerusalem, was buried at the church of Mar Behnam in 1748 behind the right wing of the altar; his grave and an inscription in Garshuni was still extant when visited by Aphrem Barsoum in 1910. A number of archbishops of Gazarta were also buried here, including Dioscorus Gabriel of Bartella (d. 7 September 1300), Dioscorus Shukr Allah (d. c. 1785), and Athanasius Stephan (d. 1869). Secular The citadel of Cizre (, 'multicoloured palace') was constructed by the emirate of Bohtan, and is prominently presented as the residence of Zin in the tale of Mem and Zin. After the emirate's dissolution in 1847, the citadel was periodically used as a barracks by Turkish soldiers, and was closed to the public. It remained in military use, and was used by Turkish border guards from 1995 onwards, until 2010. Excavations by archaeologists from Mardin Museum began in May 2013, and continued until December 2014. Sport Cizre Serhat Sports Club () was founded in 1972, and later renamed to Cizrespor. Geography Cizre is located at the easternmost point of the Tur Abdin in the Melabas Hills (, "the clothed mountain"), which is roughly coterminous with the region of Zabdicene. Climate Cizre has a mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification) with wet, mild, rarely snowy winters and dry, extremely hot summers. Cizre has a mean temperature of 6.9 °C in the coldest month and a mean temperature of in the hottest month. The highest temperature ever recorded in Cizre was , on 20 July 2021, which is the highest temperature ever recorded in Turkey. Notable people Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206), scholar Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (1149–1210), historian Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233), historian Abdisho IV Maron (r. 1555–1570), Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640), Kurdish poet Bedir Khan Beg (1803–1868), Emir of Bohtan Şerafettin Elçi (1938–2012), Kurdish politician Tahir Elçi (1966–2015), Kurdish lawyer Halil Savda (b. 1974), Kurdish conscientious objector Leyla İmret (b. 1987), Kurdish politician References Notes Citations Bibliography Primary sources Secondary sources Places of the Assyrian genocide Assyrian communities in Turkey Syria–Turkey border crossings Populated places in Şırnak Province Populated