Church heritage
Qudshanis / Koçanis: a former patriarchal church
Mar Shalita and a Hakkari mountain settlement, presented as heritage rather than a verified active parish.
Published 5 October 2026 · References checked 4 October 2026 · Assyrian History reference compilation. No independent specialist review is claimed.
Place and former patriarchal role
Qudshanis lies in the Hakkari mountains near the Greater Zab, northeast of Julamerk/Hakkari. It appears under several names, including Koçanis and Konak. The Syriaca gazetteer supplies a place record rather than a claim about an exclusive ethnic boundary.
The Assyrian Church of the East describes Mar Shalita as the patriarchal cathedral. Its history gives 1689 for completion; a family-history correction proposes the early 1690s. “Late seventeenth century” is therefore the safer unqualified dating used here.
Evidence for this section
Syriaca — Qudshanis, place 163 ↗Place identity and geography
Assyrian Church of the East — modern history ↗Institutional description of the patriarchal centre
Mar Shimun family history errata ↗Alternative building date
What survives, and what is not claimed
Hakkari’s culture directorate identifies the former patriarchal centre at Konak/Koçanis and records an eight-line Syriac inscription and two circular sundials on the façade. It describes the church falling out of use after the community’s departure.
This is a former patriarchal church and heritage site, not a verified active local congregation. Occasional diaspora visits do not establish a resident parish. The wider displacement history belongs alongside this building record without turning every architectural detail into evidence for one political interpretation.
Evidence for this section
Hakkari Culture Directorate — heritage sites ↗Inscription, sundials and former use