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| '''Kashkar''', also known as '''Kaskar''', ({{lang-syc|ܟܫܟܪ}}), was a city in southern ]. Its name appears to originate from Syriac {{lang|syc|ܟܪܟܐ}} ''{{transl|syc|karḵa}}'' meaning "citedal" or "town".<ref name=frontiers>{{cite book|last1=Mirecki|first1=BeDuhn|last2=Jason|first2=Paul Allan|title=Frontiers of faith: the Christian encounter with Manichaeism in the Acts of Archelaus|year=2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-16180-1|pages=10|url=http://books.google.nl/books?id=JQd8b5s5QBUC}}</ref> Other sources mention connect it to {{lang|syc|ܟܫܟܪܘܬܐ}} ''{{transl|syc|kaškarūṯá}}'' "farming".<ref name=zahrira>{{cite web|last=قزانجي|first=فؤاد يوسف|script-title=ar:مدينة كشكر: أول مدينة مسيحية في بلاد الرافدين|url=http://www.zahrira.net/?p=2481|publisher=Zahrira.net|accessdate=31 January 2012|language=ar}}</ref> It was originally built on the ], across the river from the medieval city of ]. | |||
| The city was originally a significant ] city built on the west bank of the ] where Greek speaking deportees from north-western Syria were settled by ] in the mid third century A.D.<ref name=acts>{{cite book|last=Harrak|first=Amir|title=The acts of Mār Mārī the apostle|year=2005|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-13050-0|pages=69|url=http://books.google.nl/books?id=4ePjro4KB4MC}}</ref> | |||
| According to Syriac tradition, ] is said to have preached and performed miracles and converted many of its inhabitants to Christianity.<ref name=acts/> Kashkar became an important centre of Christianity in lower Mesopotamia and had its ] which lay under the jurisdiction of the ] of the ].<ref name=acts/> | |||
| During a flood the Tigris burst its banks leaving Kashkar on its east bank. The medieval city of Wasit was built on the west bank of the new channel by ] drawing off the population of Kashkar, which eventually turned to a ].<ref name=frontiers/> By the middle of the twelfth century Kashkar ceased to exist as a bishopric see.<ref name=acts/> | |||
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