Beth Huzaye (East Syriac ecclesiastical province)

Beth Huzaye (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ, romanized: Bēṯ Huzāyē) or ʿIlam was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East, between the fifth and fourteenth centuries. The names refer to Khuzestan and Elam, respectively.

The metropolitan bishops of Beth Huzaye sat at Gundeshapur (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܦܛ, romanized: Bēṯ Lap̄aṭ,. The metropolitan province of Beth Huzaye had a number of suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history, including Karka d-Ledan, Ahvaz, Shushtar, Susa, Isfahan, Mihrajanqadhaq and Ramhormoz. The Diocese of Shahpur Khwast may also have been a suffragan diocese of the province of Beth Huzaye.

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