Beth Huzaye (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)

Beth Huzaye (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ)[1] or ʿIlam was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East, between the fifth and fourteenth centuries. The metropolitan bishops of Beth Huzaye sat at Beth Lapat (Jundishapur). The metropolitan province of Beth Huzaye had a number of suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history, including Karka d'Ledan, Hormizd Ardashir, Shushter, Susa, Ispahan, Mihraganqadaq and Ram Hormizd. The Diocese of Shahpur Khwast may also have been a suffragan Diocese of the province of Beth Huzaye.

The names Beth Huzaye and ʿIlam refer to Khuzestan and Elam, respectively.

  1. ^ Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Beth Huzaye — ܟܘܙܣܬܐܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/34.