Editing Alqosh (section)

== Landmarks ==
The town of Alqosh is set at the foot of a mountain known as ''ṭūrəd-‘Alquš'' meaning “the mountain of Alqosh”. In the vicinity, there are the ''kahfa/kāfa smōqa'' (the red cave)'', guppəd''-''naṭōpa'' (the cave of dripping), ''guppəd-māya'' (the cave of water), ''guppəd-saṭāna'' (the cave of Satan), ''guppa mgurəgma'' (the thundering cave), and a valley ''šwīṯəd-ganāwe'' (the bed of thieves) at the foot of Alqosh mountain.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coghill |first=Eleanor |title=The Neo-Aramaic dialect of Alqosh |year=2003 |isbn=9781607241744 |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-06 |title=عن القوش |url=http://alqosh.net/about_alqosh.htm |access-date=2024-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706074752/http://alqosh.net/about_alqosh.htm |archive-date=6 July 2014 }}</ref> 

Behind the mountain there is also the site of '''Bezqin''', known in [[Syriac language|Classical Syriac]] sources as ܒܙܩܝܢ ''bizqīn''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Margoliouth |first=Jesse Payne |title=Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith |publisher=Gorgias Press |year=1927 |isbn=978-1-60724-795-1 |pages=52}}</ref> and pronounced by modern Alqosh as ''bisqin'', containing the remains of an orchard and a [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] monastery, which may have originally been part of the [[Church of the East]], and containing springs. After the [[Simele massacre|Simele Massacre]] this was left and came to be ruined by vandals, and most of the ancient trees cut down or burnt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=خــوري ثـيـلـه بهار! (بالسريانية)// لطيف پولا |url=http://www.tellskuf.com/index.php/tha/5-cul/66218-ap84.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.tellskuf.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pola |first=Latif |date=2015-09-02 |title=بحث تصحيح الفاظ لبعض المواقع القديمة في القوش واخراج معانيها |url=https://khoranat-alqosh.com/?p=2553 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=خورنة القوش |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=نبيل يونس دمان |url=http://www.al-nnas.com/ARTICLE/NDaman/24f00.htm |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.al-nnas.com}}</ref><ref name=":3" />